Arianespace, Europe’s long-standing primary launch provider, flew the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite aboard the third Ariane 6 launch of 2025. The flight, only the fourth ever flown by the Ariane 6, successfully launched on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 21:02 UTC from ELA-4 at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana.
All Ariane 6 flights to date have been the Ariane 62 variant with two Avio P120C solid rocket boosters, and Flight VA265 was no exception. The rocket took a northbound trajectory, placing the Sentinel-1D satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit. The flight took just under 34 minutes to complete, from liftoff to a successful spacecraft separation.