List of Ariane launches |
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This is a list of launches performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane launch vehicles between 2020 and 2029. During this time, the Ariane 5 was retired in favour of the Ariane 6 rocket.
Source: Arianespace Press Kits [1]
Flight No. | Date Time ( UTC) |
Rocket type Serial No. |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customers | Launch outcome |
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VA251 | 16 January 2020 21:05 |
Ariane 5
ECA 5110 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Eutelsat Konnect GSAT-30 |
6,976 kg | GTO |
Eutelsat ISRO |
Success |
Eutelsat communications satellite and ISRO communications satellite. | ||||||||
VA252 | 18 February 2020 22:18 |
Ariane 5
ECA 5111 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
JCSAT-17 GEO-KOMPSAT 2B |
9,236 kg | GTO |
SKY Perfect JSAT KARI |
Success |
SKY Perfect JSAT communications satellite and KARI meteorological satellite. | ||||||||
VA253 | 15 August 2020 22:04 |
Ariane 5
ECA 5112 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Galaxy 30 MEV-2 BSAT-4b |
9,703 kg | GTO |
Intelsat Northrop Grumman BSAT |
Success |
Flight VA253 was planned to launch in June 2020.
[2] However, launch campaign activities were significantly affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic. To prevent the spread in
French Guiana and protect
Centre Spatial Guyanais employees, all launch activities were suspended on 16 March 2020.
[3]
[4]
[5] Operations for
Vega flight VV16 and Ariane 5 flight VA253 could not resume until 28 April 2020.
[6]
[7]
[8] VA253 activities were listed among the top priorities at the reopening of the Guiana Space Center on 11 May 2020.
[9] The launch was rescheduled for end of July 2020
[7]
[10]
[11] to place the satellites into a
geostationary transfer orbit from which they will eventually be placed into
geostationary orbit through their own
propulsion. The flight was again aborted on 28 July 2020, due to a "red" warning in the system, resulting from a sensor problem related to LH2 tank on the core stage.
American satellite operator Intelsat and Japanese Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) are the customers for Ariane flight VA253. [12] [13] Galaxy 30 is a communications satellite built by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK) on the GEOStar-2 platform for Intelsat. It has C-band, Ku-band, Ka-band payloads, as well as a WAAS payload for a mass of 3,325 kilograms (7,330 lb). [14] Built in satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, it will primarily serve video markets in North America. [15] As per Intelsat/Arianespace contract announced in January 2018, [16] Galaxy 30 would share the upper berth of the Ariane 5 ECA rocket with MEV-2, which is a Northrop Grumman second satellite servicing vehicle, identical to MEV-1. With a mass of 2,326 kilograms (5,128 lb), it would begin a five-year mission to extend the lifetime of Intelsat 10-02. [17] MEV-2 received FCC authorization on 25 March 2020. [18] BSAT-4b is the second communications satellite of the fourth generation B-SAT, built by SSL (company) on its SSL 1300 platform. It has 24 Ku-band transponders and mass of 3,520 kilograms (7,760 lb). [19] |
Flight No. | Date Time ( UTC) |
Rocket type Serial No. |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customers | Launch outcome |
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VA254 | 30 July 2021 21:00 |
Ariane 5
ECA 5113 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Eutelsat Quantum Star One D2 |
10,515 kg | GTO |
Eutelsat Star One |
Success |
Brazilian Satellite operator
Embratel and European
Eutelsat were customers on the VA254 flight.
[20]
Eutelsat Quantum is a European re-programmable telecommunications satellite equipped with Ku-band payload, developed in a public-private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA), Eutelsat and Airbus Defence and Space. [17] It had a launch mass of approximately 3,461 kilograms (7,630 lb) and a design lifetime of 15 years. [21] Star One D2 is a telecommunications satellite equipped with C-, Ku-, Ka- and X-band payloads for high-speed telecommunications, television broadcast and fast broadband in South America, Mexico, Central America, and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. [14] It had a launch mass of approximately 6,190 kilograms (13,650 lb) and a design lifetime of 15 years. [21] The target orbit was a geosynchronous transfer orbit with an apogee altitude of 250 kilometres (160 mi) and a perigee altitude of 35,726 kilometres (22,199 mi), at an inclination of 3°. [21] The mission was planned to last 36 minutes and 24 seconds. [21] [a] | ||||||||
VA255 | 24 October 2021 02:10 |
Ariane 5
ECA 5115 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
SES-17 Syracuse 4A |
10,264 kg | GTO |
SES S.A. DGA |
Success |
SES S.A. communications satellite and Direction générale de l'armement military communications satellite. | ||||||||
VA256 | 25 December 2021 12:20 |
Ariane 5
ECA 5114 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) | 6,161.4 kg | Sun–Earth L2 | NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI | Success |
James Webb Space Telescope. |
Flight No. | Date Time ( UTC) |
Rocket type Serial No. |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customers | Launch outcome |
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VA257 | 22 June 2022 21:50 |
Ariane 5
ECA 5116 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
MEASAT-3d GSAT-24 |
9,829 kg | GTO |
MEASAT NSIL / Tata Play |
Success |
MEASAT communications satellite and NSIL communications satellite. | ||||||||
VA258 | 7 September 2022 21:45 |
Ariane 5
ECA 5117 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Eutelsat Konnect VHTS | 6,400 kg | GTO | Eutelsat | Success |
Eutelsat communications satellite. | ||||||||
VA259 | 13 December 2022 20:30 |
Ariane 5
ECA
5118 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Galaxy 35 Galaxy 36 MTG-I1 |
10,972 kg | GTO |
Intelsat EUMETSAT |
Success |
Intelsat communications satellite and EUMETSAT meteorological satellite. |
Flight No. | Date Time ( UTC) |
Rocket type Serial No. |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customers | Launch outcome |
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VA260 | 14 April 2023 12:14 |
Ariane 5
ECA
5120 |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) | 5,963 kg | Jovicentric | ESA | Success |
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. | ||||||||
VA-261 | 5 July 2023 22:00 |
Ariane 5 ECA |
Kourou ELA-3 |
Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2)
[23] Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) |
6950 kg [24] | GTO |
DGA DLR |
Success |
Ariane 5's last mission. |
Date Time ( UTC) |
Rocket type Serial No. |
Payload | Orbit | Customers | Launch status |
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9 July 2024 [25] | Ariane 62 | Multiple rideshare payloads [26] | LEO | PTS, TU Berlin, ArianeGroup, BarcelonaTech, NASA, TUKE, University of Lisbon, The Exploration Company | Scheduled |
Q4 2024 [27] | Ariane 62 | CSO-3 | SSO | CNES / DGA | Planned |
2025 [27] [28] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 29, 30 | MEO | ESA | Planned |
2025 [27] [28] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 31, 32 | MEO | ESA | Planned |
2025 [28] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 33, 34 | MEO | ESA | Planned |
2025 [29] | Ariane 64 | Intelsat-41, 44 | GTO | Intelsat | Planned |
2025 [27] [30] | Ariane 64 | Optus-11 | GTO | Optus | Planned |
2025 [27] [31] [32] | Ariane 64 | Uhura-1 (Node-1) [33] | GTO | Skyloom | Planned |
2025 [34] | Ariane 6 | Galileo G2 1 | MEO | ESA | Planned |
2025 [35] | Ariane 6 | Hellas Sat 5 | GTO | Hellas Sat | Planned |
Q2 2026 [36] | Ariane 64 [37] | MTG-I2 [38] | GTO | EUMETSAT | Planned |
H1 2026 [39] | Ariane 64 | Intelsat 45 | GTO | Intelsat | Planned |
Q4 2026 [40] | Ariane 64 | Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #1 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | Planned |
2026 [41] | Ariane 62 [42] | PLATO | Sun–Earth L2 | ESA | Planned |
Q4 2027 [40] | Ariane 64 | MLS #2 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | Planned |
2027 [43] | Ariane 64 | Earth Return Orbiter | Areocentric | ESA | Planned |
Q4 2028 [40] | Ariane 64 | MLS #3 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | Planned |
Q3 2029 [40] | Ariane 64 | MLS #4 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | Planned |
2029 [44] | Ariane 62 | ARIEL, Comet Interceptor | Sun–Earth L2 | ESA | Planned |
2030 [45] [46] | Ariane 64 | Argonaut (lunar lander) | TLI | ESA | Planned |
2035 [47] | Ariane 64 [48] | Athena |
Sun–Earth
L2, Halo orbit |
ESA | Planned |
2035 [49] | Ariane 6 | LISA | Heliocentric | ESA | Planned |
TBD [50] | Ariane 64 | 18 launches of Project Kuiper (35–40 satellites) [51] | LEO | Kuiper Systems | Planned |
TBD [52] | Ariane 62 | Electra | GTO | SES S.A. / ESA | Planned |
TBD [52] | Ariane 62 | Eutelsat ×5 | GTO | Eutelsat | Planned |