Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| H2SAT/Syracuse 4B | Ariane 5ECA+ | Jul 5, 2023 |
| JUICE Mission | Ariane 5ECA+ | Apr 14, 2023 |
| Galaxy 35/36/MTG-I1 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Eutelsat Konnect VHTS Mission |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Ariane 5ECA | Not stated | 72 | Retired |
Ariane 5ECA+ | Not stated | 12 | Retired |
Ariane 5ES | Not stated | 8 | Retired |
Ariane 5G | Not stated | 16 | Retired |
Ariane 5ECA+ |
| Sep 7, 2022 |
| Measat 3D/GSAT-24 | Ariane 5ECA+ | Jun 22, 2022 |
| JWST Mission | Ariane 5ECA+ | Dec 25, 2021 |
| SES-17/Syracuse 4A | Ariane 5ECA+ | Oct 24, 2021 |
| Star One D2/Eutelsat Q | Ariane 5ECA+ | Jul 30, 2021 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Ariane 5G+ | Not stated | 3 | Retired |
Ariane 5GS | Not stated | 6 | Retired |
Ovzon signed an agreement with Arianespace in 2019 to launch the satellite called Ovzon-3 in the fourth quarter of 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
The JWST program worked with Arianespace to change air vents in the Ariane 5 payload fairing.
Arianespace will launch two of Intelsat’s satellites on an Ariane 5 in 2022 and will launch Galaxy-37 on an Ariane 6 in 2023.
Arianespace launched two communications satellites and a satellite servicer on an Ariane 5 rocket on 2020-08-15 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
Arianespace completed its first launch since reopening the Guiana Space Center in Kourou with the 2020-08-15 Ariane 5 mission.
The 2020-08-15 launch, designated VA253, carried three multi-ton spacecraft instead of the typical two, marking the first Ariane 5 mission to launch three spacecraft to geostationary transfer orbit.
ArianeGroup increased the Ariane 5's payload capacity by 300 kg since 2016.
CNES and Arianespace resumed spaceport activities in French Guiana in May, enabling Ariane 5 and Vega launches from the Guiana Space Center.
Ariane 5 lifted off at 6:04 p.m. Eastern and deployed the spacecraft into geostationary transfer orbits over the course of 48 minutes.
The 2020-08-15 Ariane 5 launch was delayed two weeks to replace a problematic sensor on the rocket's first stage and was delayed again by a day because of upper-level winds.
Bsat-4b is a backup for B-SAT's Bsat-4a, which launched in 2017 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Arianespace debuted improvements to the Ariane 5 to support a maximum of 10,200 kg of payload to geostationary transfer orbit, an 85-kilogram increase.
Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) 2 is scheduled to launch 2020-08-15 on an Ariane 5 and that launch will also place the Galaxy 30 and BSAT-4b communications satellites into orbit.
Ovzon’s four-year lease of capacity on Intelsat-37 and Intelsat-39 provides additional capacity while Ovzon awaits the launch of its first satellite, Ovzon-3, in 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Eutelsat Quantum is scheduled to launch late 2020 on a European Ariane 5 rocket.
ArianeGroup built the Ariane 5 rocket and increased its payload capacity by 85 kg as one of the last upgrades before its replacement by Ariane 6 in 2021.
An Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled to launch from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, between 5:29 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Eastern on 2020-07-28.
NASA has discussed the JWST delay with the European Space Agency, and the European Space Agency will launch JWST on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana.
Eumetsat switched the MTG-S1 and MTG-I2 launches to Ariane 6 because Ariane 5 will be unavailable after 2022.
MTG-I1, an imaging satellite, will launch on an Ariane 5 rocket in 2022, the last year Ariane 5 will be available.