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threelonmusketeers, rok temu (edited rok temu) do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Webcast commentary is back!

Edit: SES-2 confirmed!

Edit2: SECO-2. Nominal orbit confirmed. First payload deployments scheduled for T+1:05.

Edit3: Confirmation of cubesat deployments confirmed! Next up will be SES-3 at T+2:37.

threelonmusketeers, rok temu (edited rok temu) do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Looks like we have SECO-1 and nominal orbit insertion!

Edit: Webcast commentary scheduled to resume T+52 minutes for a circularization burn and the first set of payload deployments.

ricdeh, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Upper stage separation

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/98da06dd-d85e-4dd9-8d8f-186e2a7ed0b9.jpeg

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That was one of the more cinematic stage separations I’ve seen in a while. Beautiful shot from the upper stage camera.

Buzztiger, rok temu

Yes beautiful!

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I’m impressed by the quality of their onboard cameras, without the help of starlink.

threelonmusketeers, rok temu

Seems like they might be between ground stations right now. Haven’t seen live video from the upper stage for a few minutes. Telemetry still looks good though.

threelonmusketeers, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

MECO, stage separation, and stage 2 ignition confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Fairing jettison confirmed!

ricdeh, rok temu (edited rok temu) do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

All nominal, successful booster separation, fairing jettisoned

threelonmusketeers, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

SRB separation confirmed!

threelonmusketeers, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Décollage!

Tovervlag, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Thank you for the info. I’m watching because of you posting this.

threelonmusketeers, rok temu

You’re welcome! Glad people find these threads useful!

threelonmusketeers, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

ESA webcast is live! youtube.com/watch?v=B0oFpOJaIYc

clothes, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

FYI to everyone: there are several fake “ESA Official” YouTube channels running deepfaked Elon crypto scam streams that claim to be “Ariane 6 Launch Stream”.

They’re nothing new, but sharing in case anyone hasn’t seen it before. Those aren’t real streams!

Buzztiger, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Rocket fuelled up now , so everything going ahead smoothly…

Buzztiger, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

So launch window start has been shifted by one hour according to my info: 21:00 - 00:00 Amsterdam/Berlin CEST.

threelonmusketeers, rok temu

Thanks! Updated the main post.

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What browser are you using? Some browser features have caused issues like this for me in the past. Specifically privacy-focused browsers like LibreWolf and Vanadium.

Buzztiger, rok temu do esa w Ariane 6 Demo Flight Launch Thread! (ESA Rideshares)

Wohoo a proper launch thread. Thank you!

Let’s hope they manage to launch at the beginning of the window.

So for Amsterdam/Berlin timezone that’s starting at 20:00 tonight.