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  2. Ariane 5 - Wikipedia

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    Ariane 5 is a retired European heavy-lift space launch vehicle operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was launched from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana . It was used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), low Earth orbit (LEO) or further into space.

  3. List of Ariane launches - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Ariane flight VA256 - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Ariane flight V88 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Ariane (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of Ariane launches (2010–2019) - Wikipedia

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    Ariane 5 ECA 5106 Guiana ELA-3: GSAT-31 Hellas Sat 4 / SaudiGeoSat 1 [32] 9,031 kg GTO: ISRO Hellas Sat: Success [33] It was the 103rd launch of Ariane 5, the 1st in 2019, and the 306th Arianespace mission. [34] [35] The payloads of the flight were adapted together onto the SYLDA adapter inside the long version of the upper stage fairing. [34]

  8. List of Ariane launches (2020–2029) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of launches performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane launch vehicles between 2020 and 2029. During this time, the Ariane 5 was retired in favour of the Ariane 6 rocket . Launch statistics

  9. Vulcain (rocket engine) - Wikipedia

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    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.