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Ariane 5 is a retired European heavy-lift space launch vehicle operated by Arianespace for the ... This was the launch vehicle's heaviest dual payload to date, at ...
Date Time Rocket type Serial No. Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch outcome VA251: 16 January 2020 21:05 Ariane 5 ECA+ 5110 Guiana ELA-3: Eutelsat Konnect GSAT-30: 6,976 kg GTO: Eutelsat ISRO: Success Eutelsat communications satellite and ISRO communications satellite. VA252: 18 February 2020 22:18 Ariane 5 ECA+ 5111 Guiana ...
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]
Ariane-5 has launched more than 230 satellites into orbit
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket on Wednesday blasted off from French Guiana for the final time, carrying two military communications satellites and leaving its nations with a vacuum in autonomous access ...
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 ]
The Ariane 6’s predecessor, Ariane 5, flew its final voyage in July 2023, ending the rocket’s 27-year run. Europe’s Vega-C rocket, designed for vaulting small satellites to orbit, has also ...
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 ...