LAUNCH / Ariane 64
Comet Interceptor
Planned for August 2028 · Provisional
Planned with Ariane 64 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Dates may change.
Source: Launch Library 2 / The Space Devs · Last successful recall: 29 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC. Older data status – not successfully updated for more than two hours.
Date and mission
- Date according to source
- Planned for August 2028
- Status according to source
- Provisional
- Rocket
- Ariane 64 →
- Launch provider
- Arianespace
- Launch Site
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana →
- Launch Platform
- Ariane Launch Area 4
- European reference
- European rocket · payload assignment open
- Payload participation
- Assignment in source open
- Source last changed
- 14 Jan 2026, 18:56 UTC
We only show dates as accurately as the source provides them. A European launch provider or launch site alone does not constitute a fully European mission or supply chain.
Current source reports
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Spaceflight News API ↗ · Retrieved: 29 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC
Original source description (English)
ESA's Comet Interceptor consists of three spacecraft which will be positioned at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, where they will wait for a long-period comet or an interstellar object to come by. Once the desired target appears, the spacecraft will separate and perform a flyby of the target, compiling a detailed 3D profile of a comet.
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