Ariane 62 launched the MTG-I2 weather satellite for Europe's Meteosat Third Generation program, delivering it to geostationary transfer orbit. The flight was Ariane 6's first mission to GTO, with the satellite set to aid early detection of rapidly developing storms and improve weather forecasting from geostationary orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 6th
- of 6 Ariane 62 flights
- Date and time
- 27 August 2026, 20:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 62
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2026-198
- Launches in 2026
- 207th of 243
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