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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]
2.1. 2010 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- "Press kits Archive - Arianespace". http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Eutelsat W3B, W3C, W3D / Eutelsat 3D, 16A". http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/eutelsat-w3b.htm.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Krebs, Gunter. "Sky-Brasil 1 (Intelsat 32e)". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/intelsat-32.htm. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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/.
- "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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