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Ariane 62 | ARIEL
ArianespaceAriane Launch Area 4 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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mission
- Name
- ARIEL
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Sun-Earth L2 (L2)
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.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Ariane 62
- Family
- Ariane
- Variant
- 62
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- FRA
launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 4
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2563, -52.7868