Ariane 511 | Envisat
Ariane 511 returned the Ariane 5 Generic to flight by placing ESA's eight-tonne Envisat Earth-observation platform into its planned Sun-synchronous orbit for global environmental monitoring.
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- Aliases
- Ariane V145 missionEnvisat launch
- Name
- Ariane 511 | Envisat
- Slug
- ariane-511-envisat-mission
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Ariane 511 returned the Ariane 5 Generic to flight by placing ESA's eight-tonne Envisat Earth-observation platform into its planned Sun-synchronous orbit for global environmental monitoring.
- End Date
- 2002-02-28
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful deployment of Envisat into Sun-synchronous orbit
- Program
- Ariane 5 launch programme
- Start Date
- 2002-02-28
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 22:08:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 22:08:27 UTC
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