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 |
The European Space Agency regularly used Ariane 5 for science missions and for five Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo spacecraft launches to the International Space Station between 2008 and 2014.
Ariane 5 successfully launched the James Webb Space Telescope for NASA on 2021-12-25.
Arianespace postponed an earlier Ariane 5 launch scheduled for 2023-06-16 after concluding that three pyrotechnical transmission lines used for solid rocket booster separation needed to be replaced.
Ariane 5 has placed 197 satellites in geostationary orbit out of a total of 239 satellites deployed during its career.
The Ariane 5 made its first, unsuccessful launch in June 1996 and suffered a partial failure on its second launch in October 1997 before an unqualified success on its third launch in October 1998.
Ariane 5 served 65 institutional and commercial customers from 30 countries over its career.
Prometheus uses extensive new materials and manufacturing techniques to reduce its cost to about one tenth of Ariane 5’s Vulcain 2 engine.
Beyond Gravity delivered the last payload fairing structures for Ariane 5 from its Emmen site.
Ariane 5 was successfully launched over 100 times and has been in service since 1996.
BepiColombo launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou in October 2018.
Arianespace postponed the 117th and final launch of the Ariane 5 that had been scheduled for 2023-06-16 from Kourou, French Guiana.
Ariane 5 was capable of launching two large geostationary communications satellites at a time and was a major player in the commercial launch market for much of its career.
Ariane 5 launched a dozen of Europe’s Galileo navigation satellites using just three Ariane 5 launches.
Arianespace was informed on 2023-06-09 of a nonconformance in pyrotechnical transmission lines similar to those used on the Ariane 5 during acceptance testing for another program.
An Ariane 5 flight that had been scheduled for 2023-06-16 was delayed.
Ariane 5 suffered a partial failure on its second launch in October 1997 and achieved an unqualified success on its third launch in October 1998.
MT Aerospace’s solutions are used in ARIANE 5, H-IIA, NASA’s Space Launch System, Eurostar, Iridium, Alphabus, and SmallGEO systems.
Juice launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on 14 April at 14:14 CEST.
The JUICE mission launched from French Guiana on an Ariane 5 rocket.
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou on 2023-04-14.