List of Ariane launches (2010–2019)

Main article: List of Ariane launches

List of Ariane launches
1979–1989  · 1990–1999  · 2000–2009  · 2010–2019  · 2020–2029

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. The last Ariane 5 ES flew in 2018. The ECA version has flown until 2023 and will soon complete the transition to the Ariane 6. ^[1]

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

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Launch outcomes

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Launch history

Source: Arianespace Press Kits ^[2]

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. [3] 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
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. [4]
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
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
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 [5]	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
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
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
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. [6]
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. [7] Later, it suffered other thruster problems which cut its operational life time for about 3.5 years. [8]
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
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. [9]
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 2017 due to transportation to the launch site being restricted by a blockade erected by striking workers. [10]
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, [11] valued at approximately $800 million (~$1 billion including the rocket). [12] ViaSat-2 suffered antenna glitch, which cut about 15% of its intended throughput. [13]
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. [14]
VA-240	12 December 2017, 18:36	Ariane 5 ES 595	Kourou ELA-3	Galileo FOC-M7 (satellites FM-15, 16, 17, 18)	3,282 kg	MEO	ESA	Success
	The four satellites were accommodated inside the medium version of the upper stage fairing. [15] The satellites, numbered SAT 19-20-21-22 and built by OHB System in Bremen, Germany, for the European Commission's Galileo programme under the supervision of the ESA, had a mass at liftoff of about 715 kilograms (1,576 lb) each, that is a total of approximately 2,860 kilograms (6,310 lb). [15] The mission was planned to last 4 hours, 40 minutes and 52 seconds, placing the two pairs of satellites into their medium Earth orbit, at an altitude of about 22,922 kilometres (14,243 mi) and an inclination of about 57 degrees. [15]
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. [16] Satellites later found to have separated from the upper stage and entered an incorrect orbit with large inclination deviations. [17] [18] 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, [19] but with significant loss on Al Yah 3 (up to 50% of its intended operational life). [20] [21]
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, and the first Arianespace launch following the mishap. [22] The launcher was carrying the DSN-1/Superbird-8 and HYLAS-4 geostationary satellites. The satellites were accommodated together on the SYLDA adapter inside the long version of the upper stage fairing. [23] The mission was planned to last 33 minutes and 56 seconds, placing both satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit, with an apogee of about 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) and a perigee of about 250 kilometres (160 mi), at an inclination of about 3 degrees. [23] Superbird-8 was in the upper position. It had a mass at liftoff of about 5,348 kilograms (11,790 lb). [23] The satellite was supposed to launch in mid-2016, but due to overpressurization within the container during shipping to the launch site that caused significant damage, the satellite was returned to the manufacturer for repair work and additional testing, delaying the launch for almost two years. [24] HYLAS-4 was in the lower position. It had a mass at liftoff of approximately 4,050 kilograms (8,930 lb). [23]
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. [25] Flight VA-243 was delayed from 25 May due to issues with GSAT-11, which was eventually replaced by Horizons-3e. [26] The satellites were accommodated inside the long version of the upper stage fairing on the SYLDA adapter. [27] Horizons-3e had a liftoff mass of about 6,441 kilograms (14,200 lb) and was operated from the 169° East position. It was Boeing's 56th, Intelsat's 60th and SKY Perfect JSAT's 20th spacecraft to be launched by Arianespace. [27] [28] Azerspace-2, also known as Intelsat 38, had a liftoff mass of about 3,500 kilograms (7,700 lb). [27] Azerbaijan’s second geostationary satellite would expand Azerspace-1's capacity while replacing Intelsat 12 from the 45° East position. It was SSL's 65th and Intelsat's 61st spacecraft to be launched by Arianespace. [28] The mission was planned to last 42 minutes and 17 seconds, placing both the satellites into geostationary transfer orbits with a perigee altitude of about 250 kilometres (160 mi) and apogee of 35,726 kilometres (22,199 mi) and an inclination of about 6 degrees. [27] [29]
VA-244	25 July 2018 11:25	Ariane 5 ES 596	Kourou ELA-3	Galileo FOC-M8 (satellites FM-19, 20, 21, 22)	2,952 kg	MEO	ESA	Success
	Final flight of Ariane 5ES. The satellites were accommodated inside the medium version of the upper stage fairing. [30] They were built by OHB System in Bremen, Germany, for the European Commission's Galileo programme under the supervision of the ESA. [30] They were assigned to the constellation's orbital plane B to provide additional coverage and performance to the now complete initial constellation composed of 24 operational satellites plus two in-orbit spares, all of which having been put into orbit by Arianespace. The satellites, numbered 23, 24, 25 and 26, are named after children who won the European Commission's Galileo drawing competition: Tara, Samuel, Anna and Ellen, respectively. The mission was planned to last 3 hours, 56 minutes and 54 seconds, placing the two pairs of satellites into their medium Earth orbit, at an altitude of about 22,922 kilometres (14,243 mi) (corresponding to a semi-major axis of 29,300 kilometres (18,200 mi), 300 kilometres (190 mi) below Galileo operational orbit) and an inclination of about 56 degrees. [30] [31]
VA-245	20 October 2018 01:45	Ariane 5 ECA 5105	Kourou ELA-3	BepiColombo	4,081 kg	Heliocentric	ESA JAXA	Success
VA-246	4 December 2018 20:37	Ariane 5 ECA 5104	Kourou ELA-3	GSAT-11 GEO-KOMPSAT-2A	9,362 kg	GTO	ISRO KARI	Success
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Rocket type Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
VA-247	5 February 2019 21:01	Ariane 5 ECA 5106	Kourou ELA-3	GSAT-31 Hellas Sat 4 / SaudiGeoSat 1 [32]	9,031 kg	GTO	ISRO Hellas Sat	Success [33]
	It was the 103rd launch of Ariane 5, the 1st in 2019, and the 306th Arianespace mission. [34] [35] The payloads of the flight were adapted together onto the SYLDA adapter inside the long version of the upper stage fairing. [34] The total payload mass was approximately 10,018 kilograms (22,086 lb), including the adapters. [35] The launch placed both satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbits with perigee altitudes of about 250 kilometres (160 mi) and apogee altitudes of approximately 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) at inclinations of about 3°. [34] Hellas Sat 4 was in the upper position, inside the SYLDA adapter. The telecommunication satellite had a liftoff mass of approximately 6,495 kilograms (14,319 lb) and was developed by Lockheed Martin Space in its facilities in Denver, Colorado and Sunnyvale, California for KACST and Hellas Sat. [34] It was designed to operate for 15 to 23 years from the 39° East orbital position, providing telecommunications services to Europe, South Africa, and the Middle East with its Ku- and Ka-band payloads. It is Lockheed Martin's 46th spacecraft orbited by Arianespace. [34] GSAT-31 was in the lower position. The telecommunication satellite had a liftoff mass of 2,536 kilograms (5,591 lb). It was designed and manufactured by ISRO to operate for more than 15 years from the 48° East orbital position, providing telecommunications services with Ku-band coverage. It is ISRO's 22nd spacecraft orbited by Arianespace. [34]
VA-248	20 June 2019 21:43	Ariane 5 ECA 5107	Kourou ELA-3	AT&T T-16 Eutelsat 7C	10,594 kg	GTO	AT&T Eutelsat	Success
	American telecommunications company AT&T and European satellite operator Eutelsat were the customers for Ariane flight VA248. [36] The flight launched two geostationary satellites. [37] [38] AT&T commissioned the launch of its AT&T T-16 communications satellite, originally ordered by satellite television provider DirecTV as the next satellite in its existing fleet prior to the acquisition of the company in 2015. [36] [39] [lower-alpha 1] [42] Eutelsat commissioned the launch of its Eutelsat 7C communications satellite, which provides 49 Ku band transponders for Sub-Saharan African digital television stations and capacity for several hundred channels in the region. [43] [44] The satellite also has optical communication capabilities for use by government services in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, with a steerable beam capable of reaching areas visible to the satellite in its geostationary orbit above Africa. [45] Eutelsat 7C was manufactured by Maxar Technologies and its design, intended for a lifespan of 15 years, is based on the SSL 1300 satellite bus. [46] Weighing 3,400 kilograms (7,500 pounds), the satellite uses electric propulsion for orbit maintenance, which reduces the satellite's launch mass. [46] [47] Eutelsat 7C arrived at the Guiana Space Center on 31 May. [48] AT&T T-16 and Eutelsat 7C were the 601st and 602nd satellites launched by Arianespace. [49] The rocket's boosters and EPC first stage were expended in under nine minutes, while the ESC-A upper stage's HM7B engines burned for 16 minutes; [50] the EPC first stage intentionally crashed in the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of Africa. [50] Following the conclusion of the burn, AT&T T-16 separated from the ESC-A at 22:11 UTC, 28 minutes after the start of the flight, followed by the Eutelsat 7C's separation six minutes later, at 22:17 UTC. [38] [47] The flight lasted 34 minutes, [38] and placed the satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit from which they will eventually be placed into geostationary orbit through their own propulsion. [49] Eutelsat 7C was placed at 7° east, a position which allowed the satellite to serve its intended markets in Africa, Central Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. [51] [45] Eutelsat 7C continued in-orbit testing until the end of 2019, after which it became fully operational. [52] </ref> Ariane flight VA248 was the 104th launch of an Ariane 5 launch vehicle, and the 71st launch of its ECA variant. [49] [53] It was also the fifth launch conducted by Arianespace in 2019. [53]
VA-249	6 August 2019 19:30	Ariane 5 ECA 5108	Kourou ELA-3	Intelsat 39 EDRS-C / HYLAS-3	9,786 kg	GTO	Intelsat ESA / Airbus DS / Avanti	Success
VA-250	26 November 2019 21:23 [54]	Ariane 5 ECA 5109	Kourou ELA-3	Inmarsat-5 F5 (GX5) [55] [56] TIBA-1 [57]	9,607 kg	GTO	Inmarsat Government of Egypt	Success [58]

Notes

1. The acquisition made AT&T the largest provider of subscription television in the world, with 26 million subscribers in 2015; ^{[40] [41]} this has since decreased to 22.4 million subscribers in 2019.

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37. Bergin 2019 , "The launcher carried a total payload of approximately 10,594 kg."
38. Rabie 2019 , "Both satellites safely arrived in geostationary transfer orbit in a relatively short amount of time. DirecTV 16 was the first to separate from the rocket's upper stage at approximately 28 minutes after liftoff, and it was followed by Eutelsat 7C six minutes later."
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43. Ecuer et al. 2019, "Built by Maxar Technologies, the 3.4 tonne satellite will serve markets across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Turkey through 49 36-Mhz equivalent Ku-band transponders.".
44. Bergin 2019 , "By almost doubling capacity over Sub-Saharan Africa, from 22 to 42 transponders, EUTELSAT 7C will have room for several hundred additional digital channels to support the region’s fast expanding TV market."
45. Bergin 2019 , "It will also be equipped with a beam providing enhanced capacity for government services over Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, as well as a steerable beam that can cover any region visible from 7° East."
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47. Henry 2019 , "The 6,330-kilogram T-16 satellite, built by Airbus Defence and Space, separated from the rocket's upper stage 28 minutes later, followed by the 3,400-kilogram Eutelsat-7C satellite from Maxar Technologies 34 minutes after liftoff".
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