December 31, 2031 at 12:00 AM UTC
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
LAUNCH TIME UNCONFIRMED
December 31, 2031 at 12:00 AM UTC
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Ariane Launch Area 4
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2563, -52.7868
Atmospheric Remote sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large survey mission (ARIEL) is an ESA telescope. During its 4-year mission, ARIEL will observe 1000 planets orbiting distant stars and make the first large-scale survey of the chemistry of exoplanet atmospheres. For a selected number of exoplanets, ARIEL will also perform a deep survey of their cloud systems and study seasonal and daily atmospheric variations.
Ariane · 62
Height
63 m
Diameter
5.4 m
LEO capacity
10,900 kg
Successful launches
6
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
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