Second flight of Ariane 6 and its first commercial mission, delivering the French military CSO-3 optical reconnaissance satellite into sun-synchronous orbit from Kourou for France's space-based imaging system.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.7 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 6 Ariane 62 flights
- Date and time
- 6 March 2025, 16:24 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 62
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2025-044
- Launches in 2025
- 45th of 329
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