Ariane 6 Launch Schedule
Stay up-to-date on upcoming Ariane 6 rocket launches with our live schedule. You can browse all 28 planned Ariane 6 missions on our website, and you can live stream any Ariane 6 rocket launch happening today.
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Sentinel-1D
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Sentinel-1D carries an advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface as part of the Sentinel-1 constellation.
Last Update: GO for launch.
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Upcoming Ariane 6 Launches
Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
Last Update: NET December 2025
TBD
Mar 2026
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.
Last Update: Announced to be the next launch after VA266, so likely during Q1 2026.
TBD
Jun 2026
Second of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.
Last Update: NET June 2026.
TBD
Sep 2026
Third of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
2026
Optus-11 is a Ku-band communications satellite with a coverage zone encompassing Australia and New Zealand. Optus-11 incorporates a number of advanced technologies, especially the latest developments in digital processing, plus active antennas enabling the creation of several thousand beams.
Updated: Jul 25, 5:00pm UTC
Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
Last Update: Adding the launch
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude. 35-40 satellites will be carried on each Ariane 6 launch.
Updated: Jul 25, 5:30pm UTC
TBD
2026
Plato, for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with 26 cameras to study terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. Its goal is to measure the sizes of exoplanets and discover exomoons and rings around them, as well as characterise planets' host stars by studying tiny light variations in the starlight it receives.
Last Update: Targeting December 2026
Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
Updated: Jul 24, 6:00pm UTC
TBD
Mar 2027
Intelsat 45 is a small geostationary communications satellite that will provide Ku-band fixed-satellite services enabling Intelsat to provide specialized and efficient service to Media and Network customers. IS-45 weighs about 1 metric ton at launch and is designed and built by SWISSto12, based on the company’s innovative HummingSat platform. HummingSats are just over one cubic meter in volume, one-tenth the size of conventional satellites placed in geostationary orbit. SWISSto12 is developing the satellites in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) through its public-private-partnership program, benefiting from unique and patented 3D printing technologies.
Last Update: NET early 2027.
TBD
2027
Two geostationary communications satellites built by Thales Alenia Space for Intelsat.
Last Update: NET 2027.
TBD
2027
Greek geostationary communications satellite
Updated: Mar 5, 5:01pm UTC
Atmospheric Remote sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large survey mission (ARIEL) is an ESA telescope. During a 4-year mission, ARIEL will observe 1000 planets orbiting distant stars and make the first large-scale survey of the chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres. For a select number of exoplanets, ARIEL will also perform a deep survey of their cloud systems and study seasonal and daily atmospheric variations. ARIEL shares the ride with another ESA mission, Comet Interceptor. It consists of three spacecraft which will be positioned at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, where they will wait for a long-period comet or an interstellar object to come by. Once the desired target appears, the spacecraft will separate and perform a flyby of the target, compiling a detailed 3D profile of a comet.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's second generation Galileo navigation system.
Updated: Feb 6, 4:30am UTC
Second of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.
Updated: Sep 26, 2:30pm UTC
First of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.
Updated: Sep 26, 4:00am UTC
TBD
2031
European Space Agency mission to study Venus' atmosphere, geological activity, and climate.
Last Update: Change in launch vehicle variant.
First mission of the European Space Agency's lunar lander.
Updated: Jul 27, 2:30am UTC
TBD
Jun 2032
Third of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
Mar 2033
Fourth of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
Mar 2033
Fourth of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
TBD
Jun 2035
Fifth of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.
Updated: Jan 3, 8:05pm UTC
Heliocentric constellation of three laser-equipped spacecraft forming an equilateral triangle with a side distance of 2.5 million km. Its goal is to detect and study gravitational waves.
Updated: Jun 29, 12:30pm UTC