Welcome everyone! It's time for another new rocket!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-07-09 19:00 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-07-09 16:00 (GFT) | | Launch site | ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana | | Launch vehicle | Ariane 62 | | Payloads | Multiple | | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and deployment of payloads into Low Earth Orbit |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | ESA (English) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0oFpOJaIYc | | ESA (Français) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfNPzSOalEU | | ESA (Deutsch) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_87OnvB_fQ | | ESA (clean feed) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXamYYJpQk | | Arianespace (English) | | | Arianespace (Français) | | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQhzzFK5sgs | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ch6wPRb4Og | | NASASpaceflight | | | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1WGk5XSNXk | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPAG2TG63oA |

Stats

☑️ 1st ever Ariane 6 mission

☑️ 1st ESA mission of 2024, 15th mission overall

Payload info

• SpaceCase SC-X01: Test platform for reentry technologies such as new-generation ablative materials for thermal protection systems.
• GRBBeta: 1U CubeSat – Gamma Ray Burst detection
• ISTSAT: 1U CubeSat – Characterisation of aircraft’s ‘cone of silence’ and in-flight performances of a custom-made Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system.
• 3Cat4: 1U CubeSat – Techno demo Flexible Microwave Payload.
• OOV-Cube: Microsatellite – IoT agriculture use case demo.
• CuriumOne: With a duplicate ASTRIS Engineering Qualification Model PCB as primary payload.

Please feel free to post updates and questions in the comments!