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Arianespace · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

An Ariane 6 upper stage after it was unpacked at a test site.
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Ariane 6 | COMSATBw 2B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-2)

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What this is

Arianespace is launching a Ariane 6 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. The owner of the cargo has not said what is on board. Families can still watch the rocket fly. We just do not get to know the boxes inside.

Arianespace is flying a Ariane 6 from Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Mission: COMSATBw 2B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-2). Second of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2. Planned orbit: . Status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

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From here

Too far to see

You will not see this rocket from Centennial, Colorado. It is about 4,007 miles east. The broadcast is the view.

That is too far for the flame and, for almost every launch, too far for the high-altitude plume. Dim the lights and watch together anyway.

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Who is on this flight

Every company we can name, in plain words, plus a careers page when we have a real one.

Careers links are public pages we know. If we do not have one, we do not invent it.

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Only what the listing says

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So the slip still finds you

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