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Overview

Destination: Venus Orbit
Mission: Planetary Science

Venus Orbit Ariane Launch Area 4 Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

European Space Agency mission to study Venus' atmosphere, geological activity, and climate.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 27, 2024, 1:27 p.m.

Change in launch vehicle variant.


Nosu • Nov. 27, 2024, 12:50 p.m.

Targeting December 2031


Nosu • June 26, 2024, 2:19 p.m.

Updating date & launch vehicle



Ariane 64

Family:
Configuration: 64

The Ariane 6 family is currently under development by the European Space Agency, with two variations including the Ariane 64 with four solid boosters intended for government and scientific missions.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    63.0 m
  • Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Launch Mass
    860.0 T
  • Thrust
    15000.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Ariane 64
  • Family
  • Variant
    64
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Ariane 64
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $90000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    21650.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    12000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    14900.0 kg

ArianeGroup

ArianeGroup

(AG)

CEO: Martin Sion Founded: 2015 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

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