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Ariane 5's cryogenic H173 main stage (H158 for Ariane 5G, G+, and GS) was called the EPC (Étage Principal Cryotechnique — Cryotechnic Main Stage). It consisted of a 5.4 m (18 ft) diameter by 30.5 m (100 ft) high tank with two compartments, one for liquid oxygen and one for liquid hydrogen , and a Vulcain 2 engine at the base with a vacuum ...
Ariane flight V88 [1] was the failed maiden flight of the Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, vehicle no. 501, on 4 June 1996. It carried the Cluster spacecraft, a constellation of four European Space Agency research satellites.
Ariane flight VA256 was an Ariane 5 rocket flight that launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) into space on 25 December 2021. [3] It was 2021's final Ariane flight, its most valuable payload to date, and the 256th Ariane mission. The launch was described by NASA as "flawless" and "perfect". [4]
For example, an Ariane 42P is an Ariane 4 with two solid-fuel boosters. An Ariane 44LP has two solid, two liquid boosters, and a 44L has four liquid-fuel boosters. Ariane 5 rocket at Le Bourget Air and Space Museum, Paris. Ariane 5 is a nearly complete redesign. The two hypergolic lower stages are replaced with a single LH2/LOX core stage.
Rockets from the Ariane rocket family have accumulated 260 launches since 1979, 248 of which were successful, yielding a 95.4% success rate. The recently retired Ariane 5, flew 82 consecutive missions without failure between April 2003 and December 2017, but suffered a malfunction during flight VA-241 in January 2018, causing its two satellites to reach an incorrect orbit, and reducing their ...
Ariane 5 ECA+ 5116 Guiana ELA-3: MEASAT-3d GSAT-24: 9,829 kg GTO: MEASAT NSIL / Tata Play: Success MEASAT communications satellite and NSIL communications satellite. VA258: 7 September 2022 21:45 Ariane 5 ECA+ 5117 Guiana ELA-3: Eutelsat Konnect VHTS 6,400 kg GTO: Eutelsat: Success Eutelsat communications satellite. VA259: 13 December 2022 20: ...
Ariane flight VA248 was the 104th launch of an Ariane 5 launch vehicle, and the 71st launch of its ECA variant. [49] [53] It was also the fifth launch conducted by Arianespace in 2019. [53] VA-249: 6 August 2019 19:30 Ariane 5 ECA+ 5108 Guiana ELA-3: Intelsat 39 EDRS-C / HYLAS-3: 9,786 kg GTO: Intelsat ESA / Airbus DS / Avanti: Success First ...
Vulcain is a family of European first stage rocket engines for Ariane 5 and Ariane 6. Its development began in 1988 and the first flight was completed in 1996. The updated version of the engine, Vulcain 2, was first successfully flown in 2005. Both members of the family use liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen cryogenic fuel.