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 |
Four Ariane 5 vehicles remain in the fleet after this launch before Ariane 6 takes over supporting Europe’s institutional missions and commercial market needs.
SES-17 was launched on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 23 October 2021 at 11:10 p.m. local time (02:10 UTC).
Ariane 6 is designed to replace Europe’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 and the medium-lift Soyuz rocket sourced from Russia.
Vega C’s debut will be Arianespace’s second launch of the year after an Ariane 5 mission set to lift off 2022-06-22 from French Guiana with a pair of geostationary satellites from Malaysia and India.
Arianespace scheduled the Ariane 5 launch for 2022-06-22 with a liftoff window that opens at 5:03 p.m. Eastern and lasts one hour and forty minutes.
Arianespace markets and operates Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou with support from the French space agency CNES.
Ariane 5 Mission VA257 is scheduled to launch from Arianespace’s Guiana Space Center on 2022-06-22 during a launch window from 21:03 to 22:43 UTC.
Mission VA257 is the first Ariane 5 flight of the year that will place two geostationary telecommunication satellites into orbit, MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24.
The Measat-3d satellite that Airbus is building in France will likely need to travel by boat to launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana 2022.
Webb launched from the European Space Agency’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 2021-12-25 while stowed inside an Ariane 5 rocket.
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on an Ariane 5 launcher from the European Space Agency’s spaceport in French Guiana.
JWST launched on 2021-12-25 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
All remaining Ariane 5 launches were fully booked after a contract with the Indian Space Research Organisation to launch the GSAT-24 satellite.
Arianespace launched the James Webb Space Telescope on 2021-12-25, on an Ariane 5.
The James Webb Space Telescope launched aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket on 2021-12-25, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Arianespace launched the James Webb Space Telescope on 2021-12-25 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.
NASA and other mission partners planned a 2021-12-25 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane 5 from French Guiana after weather forced a one-day slip on 2021-12-21.
Arianespace identified upper-level winds as a potential concern for the planned 2021-12-24 launch of the Ariane 5 carrying the James Webb Space Telescope.
The James Webb Space Telescope launch on an Ariane 5 was rescheduled for 2021-12-24.
Encapsulation of the James Webb Space Telescope inside Ariane 5’s payload fairing was completed before 2021-12-18.