Ariane 64 | Optus-11

Communications

Time to liftoff

Targeting 2027

Target Window

2027

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Year

— Mission

Optus-11

Geostationary Transfer Orbit· GTO

Optus-11 is a Ku-band communications satellite with a coverage zone encompassing Australia and New Zealand. Optus-11 incorporates a number of advanced technologies, especially the latest developments in digital processing, plus active antennas enabling the creation of several thousand beams.

— Rocket

Ariane

Ariane 64

Ariane 6 variant with four solid boosters, enabling heavier payloads.

Length: 63 m
Diameter: 5.4 m
Launch Mass: 860 t
LEO Capacity: 21,650 kg
GTO Capacity: 12,000 kg
Maiden Flight: 2026

Launches

Success

Failures

— Launch Pad

Ariane Launch Area 4

Guiana Space Centre

ELA-4, is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. The complex is composed of a launch pad with mobile gantry, an horizontal assembly building and a dedicated launch operations building. ELA-4 is operated by Arianespace as part of the Ariane 6 program.

Latitude

5.2563°

Longitude

-52.7868°

Pad Launches

Timezone

America/Cayenne

— Launch Provider

Commercial

Arianespace

Est. 1980 · CEO: David Cavaillolès

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

327

Total

312

Success

Pending