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.

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

  • Ariane 5 ES
  • Ariane 5 ECA
  • Ariane 5 ECA+

Launch outcomes

  • Failure
  • Partial failure
  • Success

Launch history

Source: Arianespace Press Kits

Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
2010
V-19421 May 2010 22:01Ariane 5 ECA 551Guiana ELA-3Astra 3B COMSATBw-29,116kgGTOSES MilSat ServicesSuccess
V-19526 June 2010 21:41Ariane 5 ECA 552Guiana ELA-3Arabsat-5A Chollian8,393kgGTOArabsat KARISuccess
V-1964 August 2010 20:59Ariane 5 ECA 554Guiana ELA-3Nilesat-201 RASCOM-QAF 1R7,085kgGTONilesat RASCOMSuccess
V-19728 October 2010 21:51Ariane 5 ECA 555Guiana ELA-3Eutelsat W3B BSAT-3b8,263kgGTOEutelsat B-SATSuccess
Eutelsat W3B suffered leak in the propulsion system shortly after launch and was declared total loss. BSAT-3b, however, is operating normally.
V-19826 November 2010 18:39Ariane 5 ECA 556Guiana ELA-3Intelsat 17 HYLAS-18,867kgGTOIntelsat Avanti CommunicationsSuccess
V-19929 December 2010 21:27Ariane 5 ECA 557Guiana ELA-3Koreasat 6 Hispasat-1E9,259kgGTOKT Corporation HispasatSuccess
2011
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
V-20016 February 2011 21:50Ariane 5 ES 544Guiana ELA-3Johannes Kepler ATV20,050kgLEOESASuccess
ISS resupply flight.
VA-20122 April 2011 21:37Ariane 5 ECA 558Guiana ELA-3Yahsat 1A New Dawn10,064kgGTOAlYahsat IntelsatSuccess
Launch was scrubbed from 30 March due to Vulcain main engine gimbal malfunction that caused launch abort in the last seconds before liftoff.
VA-20220 May 2011 20:38Ariane 5 ECA 559Guiana ELA-3ST-2 GSAT-89,013kgGTOSingapore Telecom ISROSuccess
VA-2036 August 2011 22:52Ariane 5 ECA 560Guiana ELA-3Astra 1N BSAT-3c JCSAT-110R9,095kgGTOSES B-SATSuccess
VA-20421 September 2011 21:38Ariane 5 ECA 561Guiana ELA-3Arabsat-5C SES-28,974kgGTOArabsat SESSuccess
2012
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
VA-20523 March 2012 04:34Ariane 5 ES 553Guiana ELA-3Edoardo Amaldi ATV20,060kgLEOESASuccess
ISS resupply flight.
VA-20615 May 2012 22:13Ariane 5 ECA 562Guiana ELA-3JCSAT-13 Vinasat-28,381kgGTOJSAT VNPTSuccess
VA-2075 July 2012 21:36Ariane 5 ECA 563Guiana ELA-3EchoStar XVII MSG-39,647kgGTOEchoStar EUMETSATSuccess
VA-2082 August 2012 20:54Ariane 5 ECA 564Guiana ELA-3Intelsat 20 HYLAS 210,182kgGTOIntelsat Avanti CommunicationsSuccess
VA-20928 September 2012 21:18Ariane 5 ECA 565Guiana ELA-3Astra 2F GSAT-1010,211kgGTOSES ISROSuccess
VA-21010 November 2012 21:05Ariane 5 ECA 566Guiana ELA-3Eutelsat 21B Star One C39,216kgGTOEutelsat Star OneSuccess
VA-21119 December 2012 21:49Ariane 5 ECA 567Guiana ELA-3Skynet 5D MEXSAT-38,637kgGTOAstrium MEXSATSuccess
2013
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
VA-2127 February 2013 21:36Ariane 5 ECA 568Guiana ELA-3Amazonas-3 Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a10,350kgGTOHispasat AzercosmosSuccess
VA-2135 June 2013 21:52Ariane 5 ES 592Guiana ELA-3Albert Einstein ATV20,252kgLEOESASuccess
ISS resupply flight.
VA-21425 July 2013 19:54Ariane 5 ECA 569Guiana ELA-3Alphasat I-XL INSAT-3D9,760kgGTOInmarsat ISROSuccess
VA-21529 August 2013 20:30Ariane 5 ECA 570Guiana ELA-3Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail 1 GSAT-79,790kgGTOEutelsat ISROSuccess
2014
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
VA-2176 February 2014 21:30Ariane 5 ECA 572Guiana ELA-3ABS-2 Athena-Fidus10,214kgGTODIRISISuccess
VA-21622 March 2014 22:04Ariane 5 ECA 571Guiana ELA-3Astra 5B Amazonas 4A9,579kgGTOSES HispasatSuccess
VA-21929 July 2014 23:47Ariane 5 ES 593Guiana ELA-3Georges Lemaître ATV20,293kgLEOESASuccess
ISS resupply flight. Final launch of the Automated Transfer Vehicle.
VA-21811 September 2014 22:05Ariane 5 ECA 573Guiana ELA-3MEASAT 3b Optus 1010,088kgGTOMEASAT Satellite Systems OptusSuccess
VA-22016 October 2014 21:43Ariane 5 ECA 574Guiana ELA-3Intelsat 30 ARSAT-110,060kgGTOIntelsat AR-SATSuccess
VA-2216 December 2014 20:40Ariane 5 ECA 575Guiana ELA-3DirecTV-14 GSAT-1610,210kgGTODirecTV ISROSuccess
2015
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
VA-22226 April 2015 20:00Ariane 5 ECA 576Guiana ELA-3Thor 7 SICRAL-29,852kgGTOBritish Satellite Broadcasting French Armed ForcesSuccess
VA-22327 May 2015 21:16Ariane 5 ECA 577Guiana ELA-3DirecTV-15 Sky Mexico 19,960kgGTODirecTV Sky MéxicoSuccess
VA-22415 July 2015 21:42Ariane 5 ECA 578Guiana ELA-3Star One C4 MSG-48,587kgGTOStar One EUMETSATSuccess
VA-22520 August 2015 20:34Ariane 5 ECA 579Guiana ELA-3Eutelsat 8 West B Intelsat 349,922kgGTOEutelsat IntelsatSuccess
VA-22630 September 2015 20:30Ariane 5 ECA 580Guiana ELA-3NBN Co 1A ARSAT-210,203kgGTONational Broadband Network ARSATSuccess
VA-22710 November 2015 21:34Ariane 5 ECA 581Guiana ELA-3Arabsat 6B GSAT-159,810kgGTOArabsat ISROSuccess
2016
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
VA-22827 January 2016, 23:20Ariane 5 ECA 583Guiana ELA-3Intelsat 29e6,700kgGTOIntelsatSuccess
VA-2299 March 2016, 05:20Ariane 5 ECA 582Guiana ELA-3Eutelsat 65 West A6,707kgGTOEutelsatSuccess
VA-23018 June 2016, 21:38Ariane 5 ECA 584Guiana ELA-3EchoStar 18 BRISat10,730kgGTOEchoStar Bank Rakyat IndonesiaSuccess
This mission carried the first satellite owned by a financial institution.
VA-23224 August 2016, 22:16Ariane 5 ECA 586Guiana ELA-3Intelsat 33e Intelsat 3610,735kgGTOIntelsatSuccess
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. Later, it suffered other thruster problems which cut its operational life time for about 3.5 years. On 19 October 2024 Intelsat 33e disintegrated in orbit and was declared a total loss by Intelsat.
VA-2315 October 2016 20:30Ariane 5 ECA 585Guiana ELA-3NBN Co 1B GSAT-1810,663kgGTONational Broadband Network INSATSuccess
VA-23317 November 2016 13:06Ariane 5 ES 594Guiana ELA-3Galileo FOC-M6 (satellites FM-7, 12, 13, 14)3,290kgMEOESASuccess
Part of the Galileo satellite navigation system. First Galileo launch on Ariane 5 and from a launch vehicle besides Soyuz.
VA-23421 December 2016 20:30Ariane 5 ECA 587Guiana ELA-3Star One D1 JCSAT-1510,722kgGTOStar One SKY Perfect JSAT GroupSuccess
2017
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
VA-23514 February 2017 21:39Ariane 5 ECA 588Guiana ELA-3Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil-1 Telkom 3S10,485kgGTOIntelsat, DirecTV Latin America Telkom IndonesiaSuccess
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.
VA-2364 May 2017 21:50Ariane 5 ECA 589Guiana ELA-3Koreasat 7 SGDC-110,289kgGTOKT Corporation SGDCSuccess
The launch was delayed from March 2017 due to transportation to the launch site being restricted by a blockade erected by striking workers.
VA-2371 June 2017 23:45Ariane 5 ECA 590Guiana ELA-3ViaSat 2 Eutelsat 172B10,865kgGTOViaSat EutelsatSuccess
Heaviest and most expensive commercial payload ever put into orbit, valued at approximately $800 million (~$1 billion including the rocket), until 12 June 2019, when Falcon 9 delivered RADARSAT Constellation with three Canadian satellites, valued almost €844 million (not including the launch vehicle), into orbit. ViaSat-2 suffered antenna glitch, which cut about 15% of its intended throughput.
VA-23828 June 2017 21:15Ariane 5 ECA 591Guiana ELA-3EuropaSat Hellas Sat 3 GSAT-1710,177kgGTOHellas Sat INSATSuccess
VA-23929 September 2017 21:56Ariane 5 ECA 5100Guiana ELA-3Intelsat 37e BSAT-4a10,838kgGTOIntelsat B-SATSuccess
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.
VA-24012 December 2017, 18:36Ariane 5 ES 595Guiana ELA-3Galileo FOC-M7 (satellites FM-15, 16, 17, 18)3,282kgMEOESASuccess
The four satellites were accommodated inside the medium version of the upper stage fairing. 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 (1,576lb) each, that is a total of approximately 2,860 kilograms (6,310lb). 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 (14,243mi) and an inclination of about 57 degrees.
2018
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
VA-24125 January 2018 22:20Ariane 5 ECA 5101Guiana ELA-3SES-14 with GOLD Al Yah 39,123kgSuper-GTOSES, NASA AlYahsatPartial 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. Satellites later found to have separated from the upper stage and entered an incorrect orbit with large inclination deviations. 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, but with significant loss on Al Yah 3 (up to 50% of its intended operational life).
VA-2425 April 2018 21:34Ariane 5 ECA 5102Guiana ELA-3Superbird-8 / DSN-1 HYLAS-410,260kgGTOJapanese Ministry of Defense, SKY Perfect JSAT Group Avanti CommunicationsSuccess
Return-to-flight mission after VA-241 mishap in 25 January, and the first Arianespace launch following the mishap. 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. 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 (22,236mi) and a perigee of about 250 kilometres (160mi), at an inclination of about 3 degrees. Superbird-8 was in the upper position. It had a mass at liftoff of about 5,348 kilograms (11,790lb). 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. HYLAS-4 was in the lower position. It had a mass at liftoff of approximately 4,050 kilograms (8,930lb).
VA-24325 September 2018 22:38Ariane 5 ECA 5103Guiana ELA-3Horizons-3e Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 3810,827kgGTOIntelsat, SKY Perfect JSAT Group AzercosmosSuccess
Hundredth Ariane 5 mission. Flight VA-243 was delayed from 25 May due to issues with GSAT-11, which was eventually replaced by Horizons-3e. The satellites were accommodated inside the long version of the upper stage fairing on the SYLDA adapter. Horizons-3e had a liftoff mass of about 6,441 kilograms (14,200lb) 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. Azerspace-2, also known as Intelsat 38, had a liftoff mass of about 3,500 kilograms (7,700lb). 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. 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 (160mi) and apogee of 35,726 kilometres (22,199mi) and an inclination of about 6 degrees.
VA-24425 July 2018 11:25Ariane 5 ES 596Guiana ELA-3Galileo FOC-M8 (satellites FM-19, 20, 21, 22)2,952kgMEOESASuccess
Final flight of Ariane 5ES. The satellites were accommodated inside the medium version of the upper stage fairing. They were built by OHB System in Bremen, Germany, for the European Commission's Galileo programme under the supervision of the ESA. 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 (14,243mi) (corresponding to a semi-major axis of 29,300 kilometres (18,200mi), 300 kilometres (190mi) below Galileo operational orbit) and an inclination of about 56 degrees.
VA-24520 October 2018 01:45Ariane 5 ECA 5105Guiana ELA-3BepiColombo4,081kgHeliocentricESA JAXASuccess
VA-2464 December 2018 20:37Ariane 5 ECA 5104Guiana ELA-3GSAT-11 GEO-KOMPSAT-2A9,362kgGTOISRO KARISuccess
2019
Flight No.Date Time (UTC)Rocket type Serial No.Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomersLaunch outcome
VA-2475 February 2019 21:01Ariane 5 ECA 5106Guiana ELA-3GSAT-31 Hellas Sat 4 / SaudiGeoSat 19,031kgGTOISRO Hellas SatSuccess
It was the 103rd launch of Ariane 5, the 1st in 2019, and the 306th Arianespace mission. The payloads of the flight were adapted together onto the SYLDA adapter inside the long version of the upper stage fairing. The total payload mass was approximately 10,018 kilograms (22,086lb), including the adapters. The launch placed both satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbits with perigee altitudes of about 250 kilometres (160mi) and apogee altitudes of approximately 35,786 kilometres (22,236mi) at inclinations of about 3°. Hellas Sat 4 was in the upper position, inside the SYLDA adapter. The telecommunication satellite had a liftoff mass of approximately 6,495 kilograms (14,319lb) and was developed by Lockheed Martin Space in its facilities in Denver, Colorado and Sunnyvale, California for KACST and Hellas Sat. 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. GSAT-31 was in the lower position. The telecommunication satellite had a liftoff mass of 2,536 kilograms (5,591lb). 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.
VA-24820 June 2019 21:43Ariane 5 ECA 5107Guiana ELA-3AT&T T-16 Eutelsat 7C10,594kgGTOAT&T EutelsatSuccess
American telecommunications company AT&T and European satellite operator Eutelsat were the customers for Ariane flight VA248. The flight launched two geostationary satellites. 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. 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. 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. 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. Weighing 3,400 kilograms (7,500 pounds), the satellite uses electric propulsion for orbit maintenance, which reduces the satellite's launch mass. Eutelsat 7C arrived at the Guiana Space Center on 31 May. AT&T T-16 and Eutelsat 7C were the 601st and 602nd satellites launched by Arianespace. 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; the EPC first stage intentionally crashed in the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of Africa. 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. The flight lasted 34 minutes, and placed the satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit from which they will eventually be placed into geostationary orbit through their own propulsion. 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. Eutelsat 7C continued in-orbit testing until the end of 2019, after which it became fully operational. Ariane flight VA248 was the 104th launch of an Ariane 5 launch vehicle, and the 71st launch of its ECA variant. It was also the fifth launch conducted by Arianespace in 2019.
VA-2496 August 2019 19:30Ariane 5 ECA+ 5108Guiana ELA-3Intelsat 39 EDRS-C / HYLAS-39,786kgGTOIntelsat ESA / Airbus DS / AvantiSuccess
First flight of ECA+ variant.
VA-25026 November 2019 21:23Ariane 5 ECA 5109Guiana ELA-3Inmarsat-5 F5 (GX5) TIBA-19,607kgGTOInmarsat Government of EgyptSuccess
Final flight of ECA variant.

Notes

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