Arianespace confirmed the Ariane 64 (four‑booster Ariane 6) maiden flight has been postponed into 2026. The company cut Ariane 6’s 2025 manifest to four launches; the final 2025 mission (VA266, Ariane 62) will lift two Galileo satellites, while VA267 (Kuiper) is now slated for 2026.
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Arianespace reduced Ariane 6’s 2025 launch count to four and pushed the first Ariane 64 flight into 2026, changing the provider’s near‑term manifest and customer timelines.
Mission assignments are confirmed: VA266 (Ariane 62) will deploy two Galileo satellites in 2025; VA267, carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper payloads, is now scheduled for the Ariane 64 in 2026.
The schedule update comes as Europe prepares Ariane 6 for routine operations and lines up industrial support — see the recent supply contract supporting the launcher’s operational phase and Ariane 6’s prior MetOp‑SG A1 flight for operational context.
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(IT) Fourth and final Ariane 6 launch of 2025 announced • astrospace.it
Ariane 6's fourth flight of 2025 will service Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system • newsroom.arianespace.com
