Flight VA266 lofted the Galileo L14 pair (SAT 33 and 34) into medium Earth orbit for the EU's satellite navigation constellation, marking Galileo's first launch on Ariane 6 and the fifth flight of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 6 Ariane 62 flights
- Date and time
- 17 December 2025, 05:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 62
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2025-302
- Launches in 2025
- 314th of 329
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