Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is scheduled to launch today (Nov. 4) for the fourth time ever, and you can watch the action live.

An Ariane 6 is scheduled to lift off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana today at 4:03 p.m. EST (2103 GMT; 6:03 p.m. local time in Kourou), carrying the Sentinel-1D Earth-observation satellite to low Earth orbit (LEO).

You can watch the action live here at Space.com courtesy of Arianespace, or directly via the France-based company, which operates the Ariane 6 for the European Space Agency (ESA). Coverage will begin about 30 minutes before launch.

The Ariane 6 is the successor to the Ariane 5, which retired in July 2023 after 27 years of service. The new rocket debuted with a checkered July 2024 test flight, then followed that up with two ful

See Full Page