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List of Ariane Launches (2010–2019)
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This is a list of launches performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane carrier rockets between 2010 and 2019. Since 2004, only the Ariane 5 is in service, operating in the ECA and ES configurations.

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1. Launch Statistics

1.1. Rocket configurations

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1.2. Launch outcomes

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2. Launch History

Source: Arianespace Press Kits[1]

Table

2.1. 2010
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
V-194 21 May 2010
22:01		 Ariane 5 ECA
551		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Astra 3B
COMSATBw-2		 9,116 kg GTO SES
MilSat Services		 Success
 
V-195 26 June 2010
21:41		 Ariane 5 ECA
552		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Arabsat-5A
Chollian		 8,393 kg GTO Arabsat
KARI		 Success
 
V-196 4 August 2010
20:59		 Ariane 5 ECA
554		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Nilesat-201
RASCOM-QAF 1R		 7,085 kg GTO Nilesat
RASCOM		 Success
 
V-197 28 October 2010
21:51		 Ariane 5 ECA
555		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Eutelsat W3B
BSAT-3b		 8,263 kg GTO Eutelsat
B-SAT		 Success
Eutelsat W3B suffered leak in the propulsion system shortly after launch and was declared total loss.[2] BSAT-3b, however, is operating normally.
V-198 26 November 2010
18:39		 Ariane 5 ECA
556		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Intelsat 17
HYLAS-1		 8,867 kg GTO Intelsat
Avanti Communications		 Success
 
V-199 29 December 2010
21:27		 Ariane 5 ECA
557		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Koreasat 6
Hispasat-1E		 9,259 kg GTO KT Corporation
Hispasat		 Success
 

2.2. 2011
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
V-200 16 February 2011
21:50		 Ariane 5 ES
544		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Johannes Kepler ATV 20,050 kg LEO ESA Success
 
VA-201 22 April 2011
21:37		 Ariane 5 ECA
558		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Yahsat 1A
New Dawn		 10,064 kg GTO AlYahsat
Intelsat		 Success
Launch was scrubbed from 30 March due to Vulcain main engine gimbal malfunction that caused launch abort in the last seconds before liftoff.[3]
VA-202 20 May 2011
20:38		 Ariane 5 ECA
559		 Kourou
ELA-3		 ST-2
GSAT-8		 9,013 kg GTO Singapore Telecom
ISRO		 Success
 
VA-203 6 August 2011
22:52		 Ariane 5 ECA
560		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Astra 1N
BSAT-3c
JCSAT-110R		 9,095 kg GTO SES
B-SAT		 Success
 
VA-204 21 September 2011
21:38		 Ariane 5 ECA
561		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Arabsat-5C
SES-2		 8,974 kg GTO Arabsat
SES		 Success
 

2.3. 2012
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-205 23 March 2012
04:34		 Ariane 5 ES
553		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Edoardo Amaldi ATV 20,060 kg LEO ESA Success
 
VA-206 15 May 2012
22:13		 Ariane 5 ECA
562		 Kourou
ELA-3		 JCSAT-13
Vinasat-2		 8,381 kg GTO JSAT
VNPT		 Success
 
VA-207 5 July 2012
21:36		 Ariane 5 ECA
563		 Kourou
ELA-3		 EchoStar XVII
MSG-3		 9,647 kg GTO EchoStar
EUMETSAT		 Success
 
VA-208 2 August 2012
20:54		 Ariane 5 ECA
564		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Intelsat 20
HYLAS 2		 10,182 kg GTO Intelsat
Avanti Communications		 Success
 
VA-209 28 September 2012
21:18		 Ariane 5 ECA
565		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Astra 2F
GSAT-10		 10,211 kg GTO SES
ISRO		 Success
 
VA-210 10 November 2012
21:05		 Ariane 5 ECA
566		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Eutelsat 21B
Star One C3		 9,216 kg GTO Eutelsat
Star One		 Success
 
VA-211 19 December 2012
21:49		 Ariane 5 ECA
567		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Skynet 5D
MEXSAT-3		 8,637 kg GTO Astrium
MEXSAT		 Success
 

2.4. 2013
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-212 7 February 2013
21:36		 Ariane 5 ECA
568		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Amazonas-3
Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a		 10,350 kg GTO Hispasat
Azercosmos[4]		 Success
 
VA-213 5 June 2013
21:52		 Ariane 5 ES
592		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Albert Einstein ATV 20,252 kg LEO ESA Success
 
VA-214 25 July 2013
19:54		 Ariane 5 ECA
569		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Alphasat I-XL
INSAT-3D		 9,760 kg GTO Inmarsat
ISRO		 Success
 
VA-215 29 August 2013
20:30		 Ariane 5 ECA
570		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail 1
GSAT-7		 9,790 kg GTO Eutelsat
ISRO		 Success
 

2.5. 2014
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-217 6 February 2014
21:30		 Ariane 5 ECA
572		 Kourou
ELA-3		 ABS-2
Athena-Fidus		 10,214 kg GTO DIRISI Success
 
VA-216 22 March 2014
22:04		 Ariane 5 ECA
571		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Astra 5B
Amazonas 4A		 9,579 kg GTO SES
Hispasat		 Success
 
VA-219 29 July 2014
23:47		 Ariane 5 ES
593		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Georges Lemaître ATV 20,293 kg LEO ESA Success
 
VA-218 11 September 2014
22:05		 Ariane 5 ECA
573		 Kourou
ELA-3		 MEASAT 3b
Optus 10		 10,088 kg GTO MEASAT Satellite Systems
Optus		 Success
 
VA-220 16 October 2014
21:43		 Ariane 5 ECA
574		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Intelsat 30
ARSAT-1		 10,060 kg GTO Intelsat
AR-SAT		 Success
 
VA-221 6 December 2014
20:40		 Ariane 5 ECA
575		 Kourou
ELA-3		 DirecTV-14
GSAT-16		 10,210 kg GTO DirecTV
ISRO		 Success
 

2.6. 2015
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-222 26 April 2015
20:00		 Ariane 5 ECA
576		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Thor 7
SICRAL-2		 9,852 kg GTO British Satellite Broadcasting
French Armed Forces		 Success
 
VA-223 27 May 2015
21:16		 Ariane 5 ECA
577		 Kourou
ELA-3		 DirecTV-15
Sky Mexico 1		 9,960 kg GTO DirecTV
Sky México		 Success
 
VA-224 15 July 2015
21:42		 Ariane 5 ECA
578		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Star One C4
MSG-4		 8,587 kg GTO Star One
EUMETSAT		 Success
 
VA-225 20 August 2015
20:34		 Ariane 5 ECA
579		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Eutelsat 8 West B
Intelsat 34		 9,922 kg GTO Eutelsat
Intelsat		 Success
 
VA-226 30 September 2015
20:30		 Ariane 5 ECA
580		 Kourou
ELA-3		 NBN Co 1A
ARSAT-2		 10,203 kg GTO National Broadband Network
ARSAT		 Success
 
VA-227 10 November 2015
21:34		 Ariane 5 ECA
581		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Arabsat 6B
GSAT-15		 9,810 kg GTO Arabsat
ISRO		 Success
 

2.7. 2016
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-228 27 January 2016,
23:20		 Ariane 5 ECA
583		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Intelsat 29e 6,700 kg GTO Intelsat Success
 
VA-229 9 March 2016,
05:20		 Ariane 5 ECA
582		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Eutelsat 65 West A 6,707 kg GTO Eutelsat Success
 
VA-230 18 June 2016,
21:38		 Ariane 5 ECA
584		 Kourou
ELA-3		 EchoStar 18
BRISat		 10,730 kg GTO EchoStar
Bank Rakyat Indonesia		 Success
This mission carried the first satellite owned by a financial institution.[5]
VA-232 24 August 2016,
22:16		 Ariane 5 ECA
586		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Intelsat 33e
Intelsat 36		 10,735 kg GTO Intelsat Success
Intelsat 33e's LEROS apogee engine, which supposed to perform orbit raising, failed soon after its successful launch, forcing to use the experimentation of low-thrust reaction control system which extended the commissioning time 3 months longer than expected.[6] Later, it suffered other thruster problems which cut its operational life time for about 3.5 years.[7]
VA-231 5 October 2016
20:30		 Ariane 5 ECA
585		 Kourou
ELA-3		 NBN Co 1B
GSAT-18		 10,663 kg GTO National Broadband Network
INSAT		 Success
 
VA-233 17 November 2016
13:06		 Ariane 5 ES
594		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Galileo FOC-M6
(satellites FM-7, 12, 13, 14)		 3,290 kg MEO ESA Success
 
VA-234 21 December 2016
20:30		 Ariane 5 ECA
587		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Star One D1
JCSAT-15		 10,722 kg GTO Star One
SKY Perfect JSAT Group		 Success
 

2.8. 2017
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-235 14 February 2017
21:39		 Ariane 5 ECA
588		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil-1
Telkom 3S		 10,485 kg GTO Intelsat, DirecTV Latin America
Telkom Indonesia		 Success
This mission carried the first Intelsat EpicNG satellite based on the Eurostar E3000 platform, while other Intelsat EpicNG satellites were based on BSS-702MP platform.[8]
VA-236 4 May 2017
21:50		 Ariane 5 ECA
589		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Koreasat 7
SGDC-1		 10,289 kg GTO KT Corporation
SGDC		 Success
The launch was delayed from March 2018 due to transportation to the launch site being restricted by a blockade erected by striking workers.[9]
VA-237 1 June 2017
23:45		 Ariane 5 ECA
590		 Kourou
ELA-3		 ViaSat 2
Eutelsat 172B		 10,865 kg GTO ViaSat
Eutelsat		 Success
Heaviest and most expensive commercial payload ever put into orbit,[10] valued at approximately $800 million (~$1 billion including the rocket).[11] ViaSat-2 suffered antenna glitch, which cut about 15% of its intended throughput.[12]
VA-238 28 June 2017
21:15		 Ariane 5 ECA
591		 Kourou
ELA-3		 EuropaSat
Hellas Sat 3
GSAT-17		 10,177 kg GTO Hellas Sat
INSAT		 Success
 
VA-239 29 September 2017
21:56		 Ariane 5 ECA
5100		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Intelsat 37e
BSAT-4a		 10,838 kg GTO Intelsat
B-SAT		 Success
Launch was scrubbed from 5 September due to electrical fault in one of the solid rocket boosters that caused launch abort in the last seconds before liftoff.[13]
VA-240 12 December 2017, 18:36 Ariane 5 ES
595		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Galileo FOC-M7
(satellites FM-19, 20, 21, 22)		 3,282 kg MEO ESA Success
 

2.9. 2018
Flight № Date
Time (UTC)		 Rocket type
Serial №		 Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-241 25 January 2018
22:20		 Ariane 5 ECA
5101		 Kourou
ELA-3		 SES-14 with GOLD
Al Yah 3		 9,123 kg Super-GTO SES, NASA
AlYahsat		 Partial failure
Telemetry from the launch vehicle was lost after 9 minutes 30 seconds into the flight, after rocket trajectory went off course due to invalid inertial units' azimuth value.[14] Satellites later found to have separated from the upper stage and entered an incorrect orbit with large inclination deviations.[15][16] However, they were able to reach the planned orbit with small loss of on board propellant for SES-14 and still expected to meet the designed life time,[17] but with significant loss on Al Yah 3 (up to 50% of its intended operational life).[18][19]
VA-242 5 April 2018
21:34		 Ariane 5 ECA
5102		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Superbird-8 / DSN-1
HYLAS-4		 10,260 kg GTO Japanese Ministry of Defense, SKY Perfect JSAT Group
Avanti Communications		 Success
Return-to-flight mission after VA-241 mishap in 25 January.[20]
VA-244 25 July 2018
11:25		 Ariane 5 ES
596		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Galileo FOC-M8
(satellites FM-23, 24, 25, 26)		 3,379 kg MEO ESA Success
Final flight of Ariane 5ES.
VA-243 25 September 2018
22:38		 Ariane 5 ECA
5103		 Kourou
ELA-3		 Horizons-3e
Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38		 10,827 kg GTO Intelsat, SKY Perfect JSAT Group
Azercosmos		 Success
Hundredth Ariane 5 mission.[21] Flight VA-243 was delayed from 25 May due to issues with GSAT-11, which was eventually replaced by Horizons-3e.[22]
VA-245 20 October 2018
01:45		 Ariane 5 ECA
5105		 Kourou
ELA-3		 BepiColombo 4,081 kg Heliocentric ESA
JAXA		 Success

3. Future Launches

References

  1. "Press kits Archive - Arianespace". http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/. 
  2. Krebs, Gunter. "Eutelsat W3B, W3C, W3D / Eutelsat 3D, 16A". http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/eutelsat-w3b.htm. 
  3. "Ariane 5 Suffers Rare On-Pad Abort after Engine Ignition – Spaceflight101". spaceflight101.com (Spaceflight 101). 5 September 2017. http://spaceflight101.com/ariane-5-suffers-rare-on-pad-abort-after-engine-ignition/. Retrieved 16 March 2018. 
  4. "Azerspace/Africasat-1a is prepared for Arianespace’s first Ariane 5 launch in 2013". http://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/azerspaceafricasat-1a-is-prepared-for-arianespaces-first-ariane-5-launch-in-2013-2. 
  5. Dorimulu, Primus (20 June 2016). "BRI Launches BRISat: First Satellite Owned and Operated by a Bank | Jakarta Globe". Jakarta Globe (Jakarta Globe). http://jakartaglobe.id/bankingfinance/bri-launches-brisat-first-satellite-owned-operated-bank/. Retrieved 16 March 2018. 
  6. Clark, Stephen (30 January 2017). "Intelsat satellite in service after overcoming engine trouble – Spaceflight Now". spaceflightnow.com (Spaceflight Now). https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/01/30/intelsat-satellite-in-service-after-overcoming-engine-trouble/. Retrieved 3 February 2018. 
  7. Henry, Caleb (1 September 2017). "Intelsat-33e propulsion problems to cut service life by 3.5 years - SpaceNews.com". SpaceNews.com (Space News). http://spacenews.com/intelsat-33e-propulsion-problems-to-cut-service-life-by-3-5-years/. Retrieved 3 February 2018. 
  8. Krebs, Gunter. "Sky-Brasil 1 (Intelsat 32e)". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/intelsat-32.htm. Retrieved 16 March 2018. 
  9. "A rocket’s launch from French Guiana has been delayed indefinitely due to protests". https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/23/15040086/arianespace-ariane-5-rocket-launch-postponed-french-guiana-protests. Retrieved 23 March 2017. 
  10. Clark, Stephen (2 June 2017). "Ariane 5 succeeds in launch of two high-value communications satellites – Spaceflight Now". spaceflightnow.com (Spaceflight Now). https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/06/02/ariane-5-succeeds-in-launch-of-two-high-value-communications-satellites/. Retrieved 16 February 2018. 
  11. Clark, Stephen. "Two high-power broadband satellites set for record-breaking launch on Ariane 5 rocket – Spaceflight Now". spaceflightnow.com (Spaceflight Now) (1 June 2017). https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/06/01/two-high-power-broadband-satellites-set-for-record-breaking-launch-on-ariane-5-rocket/. Retrieved 16 February 2018. 
  12. Henry, Caleb (15 February 2018). "Viasat says ViaSat-2 business plan intact despite antenna glitch - SpaceNews.com". SpaceNews.com (Space News). http://spacenews.com/viasat-says-viasat-2-business-plan-intact-despite-antenna-glitch/. Retrieved 16 February 2018. 
  13. Clark, Stephen (9 September 2017). "Electrical problem prompted Ariane 5 countdown abort – Spaceflight Now". spaceflightnow.com (Spaceflight Now). https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/09/09/electrical-problem-prompted-ariane-5-countdown-abort/. Retrieved 16 March 2018. 
  14. "Independent Enquiry Commission announces conclusions concerning the launcher trajectory deviation during Flight VA241 - Arianespace". http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/independent-enquiry-commission-announces-conclusions-concerning-the-launcher-trajectory-deviation-during-flight-va241/. Retrieved 23 February 2018. 
  15. "Launch VA241: Ariane 5 delivers SES-14 and Al Yah 3 to orbit". Arianespace. http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/launch-va241-ariane-5-delivers-ses-14-and-al-yah-3-to-orbit/. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 
  16. Clark, Stephen (26 January 2018). "Probe into off-target Ariane 5 launch begins, SES and Yahsat payloads healthy – Spaceflight Now". spaceflightnow.com (Spaceflight Now). https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/01/26/probe-into-off-target-ariane-5-launch-begins-ses-and-yahsat-payloads-declared-healthy/. Retrieved 16 March 2018. 
  17. Payer, Markus. "SES-14 in good health and on track despite launch anomaly" (in en). https://www.ses.com/press-release/ses-14-good-health-and-track-despite-launch-anomaly. Retrieved 21 March 2018. 
  18. Forrester, Chris (12 March 2018). "YahSat to make 50% insurance claim". advanced-television.com (Advanced Television). https://advanced-television.com/2018/03/12/yahsat-to-make-50-insurance-claim/. Retrieved 21 March 2018. 
  19. de Selding, Peter B. (20 March 2018). "Yahsat expected to file $108-million claim for loss of life on Al Yah 3 satellite because of @Arianespace @ArianeGroup Ariane 5 off-target orbital injection.http://bit.ly/2u92unU" (in en). @pbdes (Twitter). https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/976106958204915712. Retrieved 21 March 2018. 
  20. Bergin, Chris (5 April 2018). "Ariane 5 to return with DSN-1/Superbird-8 and HYLAS 4 – NASASpaceFlight.com". www.nasaspaceflight.com (NASASpaceflight.com). https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/04/ariane-5-dsn-1-superbird-8-and-hylas-4/. Retrieved 5 April 2018. 
  21. Clark, Stephen (3 July 2018). "Arianespace aims for busy second half of 2018". Spaceflight Now. https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/03/arianespace-aims-for-busy-second-half-of-2018/. 
  22. "Launch delay for VA243" (Press release). Arianespace. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018. http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/launch-delay-for-va243/
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