Flight VA269 lofted 36 Amazon Leo broadband satellites from French Guiana, debuting the upgraded P160C solid boosters and carrying the heaviest payload ever launched by an Ariane rocket; the third Ariane 6 mission for Amazon's constellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 20 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- Only Ariane 64 Block 2 flight
- Date and time
- 17 June 2026, 12:21 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 64 Block 2
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-140
- Launches in 2026
- 146th of 243
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