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.
There are five Ariane 6 launches planned for 2025, with an eventual ramp to nine or ten launches per year. [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 | Guiana ELA-3 | Eutelsat Konnect GSAT-30 | 6,976 kg | GTO | Eutelsat ISRO | Success[ citation needed ] |
Eutelsat communications satellite and ISRO communications satellite. | ||||||||
VA252 | 18 February 2020 22:18 | Ariane 5 ECA+ 5111 | Guiana ELA-3 | JCSAT-17 GEO-KOMPSAT 2B | 9,236 kg | GTO | SKY Perfect JSAT KARI | Success[ citation needed ] |
SKY Perfect JSAT communications satellite and KARI meteorological satellite. | ||||||||
VA253 | 15 August 2020 22:04 | Ariane 5 ECA+ 5112 | Guiana 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 | Guiana 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 | Guiana 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 | Guiana ELA-3 | James Webb Space Telescope | 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 | Guiana 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 | Guiana ELA-3 | Eutelsat Konnect VHTS | 6,400 kg | GTO | Eutelsat | Success |
Eutelsat communications satellite. | ||||||||
VA259 | 13 December 2022 20:30 | Ariane 5 ECA+ 5118 | Guiana ELA-3 | Galaxy 35 Galaxy 36 MTG-I1 | 10,972 kg | GTO | Intelsat EUMETSAT | Success |
Two Intelsat communications satellites 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 | Guiana ELA-3 | Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) | 5,963 kg | Jovicentric | ESA | Success |
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. | ||||||||
VA261 | 5 July 2023 22:00 | Ariane 5 ECA+ 5119 | Guiana ELA-3 | Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2) [23] Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) | 6,950 kg [24] | GTO | DGA DLR | Success |
Ariane 5's last mission. [25] |
Flight No. | Date Time (UTC) | Rocket type Serial No. | Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customers | Launch outcome |
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VA262 | 9 July 2024 19:00 | Ariane 62 L6001 [26] | Guiana ELA-4 | Multiple rideshare payloads | 1,600 kg [27] | LEO | Various | Partial failure |
Maiden flight of Ariane 6. It was a flight test carrying a mass simulator plus a number of small cubesats and other experiments as rideshare payloads. Rocket launched successfully to orbit and upper stage performed a second burn to release cubesats. During attempt to perform a third burn to deorbit the upper stage, the rocket's auxiliary propulsion system failed. This failure prevented the upper stage from relighting. [28] [29] [30] [31] |
Date Time (UTC) | Type | Payload | Orbit | Customers | ||
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3 March 2025 16:24 [32] [33] | Ariane 62 VA263 | CSO-3 | SSO | CNES / DGA | ||
French military reconnaissance satellite. | ||||||
August 2025 [34] | Ariane 62 VA264 [35] | Metop-SGA1 | SSO | EUMETSAT | ||
2025 [36] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 29, 30 | MEO | ESA | ||
Q4 2025 [37] [38] | Ariane 64 | Project Kuiper (30+ satellites) | LEO | Kuiper Systems | ||
First Ariane 64 launch and first Ariane launch for Project Kuiper | ||||||
2H 2025 [39] | Ariane 62 | Sentinel-1D | SSO | ESA | ||
2026 [40] [36] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 28, 31 | MEO | ESA | ||
2026 [40] [36] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 33, 34 | MEO | ESA | ||
Q2 2026 [41] | Ariane 64 | Intelsat 45 | GTO | Intelsat | ||
June-August 2026 [34] | Ariane 62 [42] | Metop-SGB1 | SSO | EUMETSAT | ||
Q3 2026 [43] | Ariane 64 [44] | MTG-I2 [45] | GTO | EUMETSAT | ||
Q4 2026 [46] | Ariane 64 | Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #1 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | ||
2026 [47] | Ariane 6 | Galileo G2 1, 2 | MEO | ESA | ||
2026 [48] [49] | Ariane 64 | Intelsat 41, 44 | GTO | Intelsat | ||
Q4 2026 [50] [51] | Ariane 62 [52] | PLATO | Sun–Earth L2 | ESA | ||
2026 [53] [54] | Ariane 64 | Uhura-1 (Node-1) [55] | GTO | Skyloom | ||
Q4 2027 [46] | Ariane 64 | MLS #2 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | ||
2027 [56] [57] | Ariane 64 | Optus-11 | GTO | Optus | ||
2027 [58] | Ariane 64 | Earth Return Orbiter | Areocentric | ESA | ||
2027 [47] | Ariane 6 | Galileo G2 3, 4 | MEO | ESA | ||
2027 [59] | Ariane 6 | Hellas Sat 5 | GTO | Hellas Sat | ||
Q4 2028 [46] | Ariane 64 | MLS #3 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | ||
Q3 2029 [46] | Ariane 64 | MLS #4 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | ||
2029 [60] | Ariane 62 | ARIEL, Comet Interceptor | Sun–Earth L2 | ESA | ||
2031 [61] | Ariane 64 | Argonaut Mission 1 | TLI | ESA | ||
2035 [62] | Ariane 64 [63] | Athena | Sun–Earth L2, Halo orbit | ESA | ||
2035 [64] | Ariane 6 | LISA | Heliocentric | ESA | ||
TBD [65] | Ariane 64 | 17 more launches of Project Kuiper (35–40 satellites) [66] | LEO | Kuiper Systems | ||
TBD [67] | Ariane 62 | Electra | GTO | SES S.A. / ESA | ||
TBD [67] | Ariane 62 | Eutelsat ×3 | GTO | Eutelsat |
Some 6 rockets are currently at different stages of production, including the first A64, which is due to take off in the second half of 2025 to deploy a batch of more than 30 satellites on behalf of Kuiper, the Amazon constellation.
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