VA261 Mission set for Launch Friday

On Friday, June 16, 2023, between 6:26 p.m. and 08:01 p.m. local time (between 09:26 p.m. and 11:01 p.m. UTC), Arianespace will launch VA261, an Ariane 5 carrying Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit for the German Space Agency and SYRACUSE 4B for the French Armament General Directorate (DGA). The mission will last 33 minutes and 31 seconds and place both payloads i…