Ariane family
Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.
Flights flown73
Success rate97.3%71/73
Maiden flight2002-12-11
Peak year20096 flights
Ariane 5 ECA is built by ArianeGroup of France. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 11 December 2002 and last flew on 16 January 2020.
Flight record
97.3% success rate71 of 73 flown · 2 failed
2002peak 2009 · 6 flights2020
First flight2002-12-11
Latest flight2020-01-16
Failures2
Consecutive successes8
Fastest turnaround24d 3h
Payload
| Geostationary transfer orbit | 10,500kg |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 2 |
|---|---|
| Length | 57.7m |
| Diameter | 5.4m |
| Launch mass | 780t |
| Liftoff thrust | 11,400kN |
| Maiden flight | 2002-12-11 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Geostationary Transfer Orbit70Heliocentric N/A1Sun-Earth L21Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit1
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-16 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat Konnect & GSAT-30 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2019-11-26 | Ariane 5 ECA | TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5) | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2019-06-20 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 7C & AT&T T-16 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2019-02-05 | Ariane 5 ECA | Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 & GSAT-31 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2018-12-04 | Ariane 5 ECA | GSAT-11 & GEO-KOMPSAT-2A | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2018-10-20 | Ariane 5 ECA | BepiColombo | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Heliocentric N/A | Success |
| 2018-09-25 | Ariane 5 ECA | Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2018-04-05 | Ariane 5 ECA | DSN 1 & HYLAS 4 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2018-01-25 | Ariane 5 ECA | Al Yah 3 & SES-14 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit | Failure |
| 2017-09-29 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 37e & BSAT-4a | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-06-28 | Ariane 5 ECA | Hellas Sat 3 (Inmarsat S EAN) & GSAT-17 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-06-01 | Ariane 5 ECA | ViaSat-2 & EUTELSAT 172B | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-05-04 | Ariane 5 ECA | SGDC 1 & Koreasat 7 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2017-02-14 | Ariane 5 ECA | SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2016-12-21 | Ariane 5 ECA | Star One D1 & JCSAT-15 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2016-10-05 | Ariane 5 ECA | Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2016-08-24 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 33e & Intelsat 36 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2016-06-18 | Ariane 5 ECA | Echostar 18 & BRIsat | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2016-03-09 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 65 West A | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2016-01-27 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 29e | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2015-11-10 | Ariane 5 ECA | Arabsat 6B & GSAT-15 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2015-09-30 | Ariane 5 ECA | Sky Muster I (NBN-Co 1A) & ARSAT-2 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2015-08-20 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 8 West B & Intelsat 34 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2015-07-15 | Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C4 & MSG 4 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2015-05-27 | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2015-04-26 | Ariane 5 ECA | Thor-7 & SICRAL-2 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2014-12-06 | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-14 & GSAT-16 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2014-10-16 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat-30 & ARSAT-1 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2014-09-11 | Ariane 5 ECA | MEASAT-3b & Optus 10 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2014-03-22 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 5B & Amazonas 4A | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2014-02-06 | Ariane 5 ECA | ABS-2 & Athena-Fidus | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2013-08-29 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 & GSAT-7 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2013-07-25 | Ariane 5 ECA | Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2013-02-07 | Ariane 5 ECA | Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a & Amazonas 3 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2012-12-19 | Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5D & Mexsat-3 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2012-11-10 | Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C3 & Eutelsat 21B | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2012-09-28 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 2F & GSAT-10 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2012-08-02 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 20 & HYLAS 2 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2012-07-05 | Ariane 5 ECA | Echostar XVII & MSG-3 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2012-05-15 | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-13 & Vinasat-2 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2011-09-21 | Ariane 5 ECA | Arabsat 5C & SES-2 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2011-08-06 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 1N & BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2011-05-20 | Ariane 5 ECA | ST-2 & INSAT-4G/GSAT-8 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2011-04-22 | Ariane 5 ECA | Yahsat 1A & New Dawn | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2010-12-29 | Ariane 5 ECA | Hispasat-1E & Koreasat 6 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2010-11-26 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 17 & HYLAS 1 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2010-10-28 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2010-08-04 | Ariane 5 ECA | RASCOM-QAF1R & NILESAT 201 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2010-06-26 | Ariane 5 ECA | ArabSat-5A & COMS-1 (Chollian) | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2010-05-21 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 3B & COMSATBw-2 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2009-10-29 | Ariane 5 ECA | NSS-12 & Thor 6 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2009-10-01 | Ariane 5 ECA | Amazonas 2 & COMSATBw-1 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2009-08-21 | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-12 & Optus D3 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2009-07-01 | Ariane 5 ECA | TerreStar-1 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2009-05-14 | Ariane 5 ECA | Herschel & Planck | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Sun-Earth L2 | Success |
| 2009-02-12 | Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2008-12-20 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat W2M & Hot Bird 9 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2008-08-14 | Ariane 5 ECA | AMC-21 & Superbird 7 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2008-07-07 | Ariane 5 ECA | Badr-6 & ProtoStar I | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2008-06-12 | Ariane 5 ECA | Türksat 3A & Skynet 5C | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2008-04-18 | Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C2 & Vinasat-1 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2007-11-14 | Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5B & Star One C1 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2007-08-14 | Ariane 5 ECA | Spaceway-3 & BSAT-3A | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2007-05-04 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 1L & Galaxy 17 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2007-03-11 | Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5A & INSAT-4B | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2006-12-08 | Ariane 5 ECA | WildBlue 1 & AMC-18 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2006-10-13 | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-9S, Optus D1, LDREX-2 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2006-08-11 | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-10 & Syracuse 3B | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2006-05-27 | Ariane 5 ECA | Satmex 6 & Thaicom 5 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2006-03-11 | Ariane 5 ECA | Spainsat & Hot Bird 7A | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2005-11-16 | Ariane 5 ECA | Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2005-02-12 | Ariane 5 ECA | XTAR-EUR, Maqsat-B2, Sloshsat | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2002-12-11 | Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 7 & Stentor | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Failure |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
Further reading: Wikipedia