Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

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

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

☑️ 1st ever Ariane 6 mission

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

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!

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Wohoo a proper launch thread. Thank you!

Let's hope they manage to launch at the beginning of the window.

So for Amsterdam/Berlin timezone that's starting at 20:00 tonight.

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