The last European Ariane 5 launcher is scheduled to lift off on 16 June 2023 at 23:26 CEST (18:26 local time) from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana. It will carry the German communications satellite 'Heinrich Hertz' and the French military satellite 'SYRACUS IVB' into space. The Heinrich Hertz mission is being led by the German Space Agency at DLR on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and with the participation of the Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg).