Pending the resolution of this anomaly the earliest launch date is now December 3, 2021

• 07:23 p.m. Washington, D.C. time,
• 09:23 p.m. Kourou time,
• 00:23 a.m. Universal time (UTC), on December 4,
• 01:23 a.m. Paris time, on December 4,
• 03:23 a.m. Moscow time, on December 4.

The Soyuz launch vehicle and the satellites are in stable and safe conditions.

About Arianespace

Arianespace uses space to make life better on Earth by providing launch services for all types of satellites into all orbits. It has orbited over 1,000 satellites since 1980, using its family of three launchers, Ariane, Soyuz and Vega, from launch sites in French Guiana (South America) and from the Russian cosmodromes in Baikonur and Vostochny. Arianespace is headquartered in Evry, near Paris, and has a technical facility at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, plus local offices in Washington, D.C., Tokyo and Singapore. Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which holds 74% of its share capital, with the balance held by 15 other shareholders from the European launcher industry.