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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- Ariane V145 missionEnvisat launch
- Name
- Ariane 511 | Envisat
- 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.
- Destination
- Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit at approximately 800 km altitude for global monitoring of Earth’s land, oceans, atmosphere, ice, and climate
- End Date
- 2002-02-28
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- Outcome
- Successful deployment of Envisat into Sun-synchronous orbit
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- Start Date
- 2002-02-28
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- July 18, 2026 at 22:08:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 25, 2026 at 06:20:44 UTC
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