Ariane 62

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Specifications

Status: active
Height: 63 m
Diameter: 5.4 m
Mass: 530,000 kg
Stages: 2
Thrust: 10,370 kN
Payload to LEO: 10,900 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,100 kg
First flight: 2024-07-09
Total launches: 5
Success / Fail: 5 / 0

Ariane 6 is a European expendable launch system developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) and French Space Agency (CNES) and manufactured by a consortium of European companies, led by the prime contractor ArianeGroup. As part of the Ariane rocket family, it is operated by Arianespace, replacing the Ariane 5. The project's primary contributors were France (55.3%), Germany (21%) and Italy (7.6%), with the remaining work distributed among ten other participating countries.