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 will be retired in favour of the Ariane 6 rocket.
Launch statistics
Rocket configurations
Launch outcomes
- Failure
- Partial failure
- Success
- Planned
Launch history
Source: Arianespace Press Kits [1]
2020
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] |
2021
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 | 6,161.4 kg | Sun–Earth L2 | NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI | Success |
James Webb Space Telescope. |
2022
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. |
- ^ Statistics for flight VA254:[22]
- 330th Arianespace launch (6th in 2021)
- 254th Ariane launch (1st in 2021)
- 110th Ariane 5 launch (1st in 2021)
- 947th and 948th satellites put in orbit by Arianespace (151st and 152nd in 2021)
- 12th Embratel satellite launched by Arianespace
- 36th Eutelsat satellite launched by Arianespace
- 85th consecutive rated operation of the Vulcain 2 engine
- 110th consecutive rated operation of the EAP solid rocket boosters
- 150th consecutive rated operation of the HM7B engine
Future launches
Date Time (UTC) |
Rocket type Serial No. |
Payload | Orbit | Customers | Launch status |
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6 September 2022[23] | ECA | Eutelsat Konnect VHTS[24] | GTO | Eutelsat | Planned |
Q4 2022[25] | ECA | MTG-I1[a][26] | GTO | EUMETSAT | Planned |
Q4 2022 [27][28] | ECA | GTO | Intelsat | Planned | |
H2 2022[29][30] | ECA | Eutelsat 10B[a] | GTO | Eutelsat | Planned |
H2 2022[29] | ECA | GTO | Planned | ||
H2 2022[31] | ECA | GTO | Planned | ||
2022 [32] | ECA | Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2)[a][33] | GTO | DGA | Planned |
April 2023[34] | ECA | Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) | Heliocentric | ESA | Scheduled |
2023 [35][36] | ECA | Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat)[a][37] | GTO | DLR | Planned |
Date Time (UTC) |
Rocket type Serial No. |
Payload | Orbit | Customers | Launch status |
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H1 2023[38] | Ariane 62 | Multiple rideshare payloads[39] | LEO | PTS, TU Berlin, ArianeGroup, BarcelonaTech, TUKE, University of Lisbon, The Exploration Company | Planned |
Q4 2023[40] | Ariane 62 | CSO-3 | SSO | CNES / DGA | Planned |
H2 2023[41] | Ariane 64 | Optus-11 | GTO | Optus | Planned |
2023[42] | Ariane 6 | Electra | GTO | SES S.A. / ESA | Planned |
2023[43] | Ariane 62 | Euclid | Sun–Earth L2 | ESA | Planned |
2023[44][45][46] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 29, 30 | MEO | ESA | Planned |
2023[47][48] | Ariane 64 | Uhura-1 (Node-1) | GTO | Skyloom | Planned |
2023[49] | Ariane 64 | ViaSat-3 APAC[50] | GTO | ViaSat | Planned |
Q2 2024[51][52] | Ariane 64 | MTG-S1[53] | GTO | EUMETSAT | Planned |
October 2024[54] | Ariane 64 | Hera / Juventas / Milani | Heliocentric | ESA | Scheduled |
2024[46] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 31, 32 | MEO | ESA | Planned |
2024[55] | Ariane 6 | Galileo G2 1 | MEO | ESA | Planned |
Q2 2025[56] | Ariane 64 | Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #1 rideshare mission | GTO | TBA | Planned |
Q2 2025[56] | Ariane 64 | MLS #2 rideshare mission | LEO | TBA | Planned |
Q3 2025[56] | Ariane 64 | MLS #3 rideshare mission | LEO | TBA | Planned |
2025[51][52] | Ariane 64[57] | MTG-I2[58] | GTO | EUMETSAT | Planned |
2025[46] | Ariane 62 | Galileo FOC FM 33, 34 | MEO | ESA | Planned |
Q2 2026[56] | Ariane 64 | MLS #4 (GO-1) rideshare mission[59] | GEO | ESA | Planned |
October 2026[60][61] | Ariane 6 | Earth Return Orbiter | Areocentric | ESA | Planned |
2026[62] | Ariane 62[63] | PLATO | Sun–Earth L2 | ESA | Planned |
2026[64] | Ariane 64 | MLS #5 rideshare mission | SSO | TBA | Planned |
2026[64][65] | Ariane 64 | MLS #6 "Highway to the Moon" lunar rideshare mission[66][67] | TLI | TBA | Planned |
2027[68][69] | Ariane 64 | Heracles EL3 | TLI | ESA | Planned |
2029[70] | Ariane 62 | ARIEL | Sun–Earth L2 | ESA | Planned |
2035[71] | Ariane 64[72] | Athena | Sun–Earth L2, Halo orbit |
ESA | Planned |
TBD[73] | Ariane 64 | 18 launches of Project Kuiper (35–40 satellites)[74] | LEO | Kuiper Systems | Planned |
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