Ariane 5
List of launches
All launches are from Kourou ELA-3.

Ariane 5

Section Title: List of launches
Table Section Text: All launches are from Kourou ELA-3.

#	Flight No.	Date Time (UTC)	Rocket type Serial No.	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome

1	V-88	4 June 1996 12:34	G 501	Cluster	Failure

2	V-101	30 October 1997 13:43	G 502	MaqSat-H, TEAMSAT, MaqSat-B, YES	Partial failure

3	V-112	21 October 1998 16:37	G 503	MaqSat 3, ARD	Success

4	V-119	10 December 1999 14:32	G 504	XMM-Newton	HEO	Success

5	V-128	21 March 2000 23:28	G 505	INSAT-3B AsiaStar	GTO	Success

6	V-130	14 September 2000 22:54	G 506	Astra 2B GE-7	GTO	Success

7	V-135	16 November 2000 01:07	G 507	PanAmSat-1R Amsat-P3D STRV 1C STRV 1D	GTO	Success

8	V-138	20 December 2000 00:26	G 508	Astra 2D GE-8 LDREX	GTO	Success

9	V-140	8 March 2001 22:51	G 509	Eurobird-1 BSAT-2a	GTO	Success

10	V-142	12 July 2001 21:58	G 510	Artemis BSAT-2b	GTO (planned) MEO (achieved)	Partial failure

Upper stage underperformed, payloads were placed in a useless orbit. Artemis was raised to its target orbit at the expense of operational fuel; BSat was not recoverable.

11	V-145	1 March 2002 01:07	G 511	Envisat	SSO	Success

12	V-153	5 July 2002 23:22	G 512	Stellat 5 NStar-C	GTO	Success

13	V-155	28 August 2002 22:45	G 513	Atlantic Bird 1 MSG-1 MFD	GTO	Success

14	V-157	11 December 2002 22:22	ECA 517	Hot Bird 7 Stentor MFD-A MFD-B	GTO (planned)	Failure

Maiden flight of Ariane 5ECA, first stage engine failure, rocket destroyed by range safety.

15	V-160	9 April 2003 22:52	G 514	Insat 3A Galaxy 12	GTO	Success

16	V-161	11 June 2003 22:38	G 515	Optus C1 BSat 2c	GTO	Success

17	V-162	27 September 2003 23:14	G 516	Insat 3E eBird-1 SMART-1	GTO	Success

Final flight of Ariane 5G

18	V-158	2 March 2004 07:17	G+ 518	Rosetta	Heliocentric	Success

Maiden flight of Ariane 5G+

19	V-163	18 July 2004 00:44	G+ 519	Anik F2	GTO	Success

20	V-165	18 December 2004 16:26	G+ 520	Helios 2A Essaim-1 Essaim-2 Essaim-3 Essaim-4 PARASOL Nanosat 01	SSO	Success

Final flight of Ariane 5G+

21	V-164	12 February 2005 21:03	ECA 521	XTAR-EUR Maqsat-B2 Sloshsat-FLEVO	GTO	Success

22	V-166	11 August 2005 08:20	GS 523	iPStar-1	GTO	Success

Maiden flight of Ariane 5GS

23	V-168	13 October 2005 22:32	GS 524	Syracuse 3A Galaxy 15	GTO	Success

24	V-167	16 November 2005 23:46	ECA 522	Spaceway-2 Telkom-2	GTO	Success

25	V-169	21 December 2005 23:33	GS 525	INSAT-4A MSG-2	GTO	Success

26	V-170	11 March 2006 22:33	ECA 527	Spainsat Hot Bird 7A	GTO	Success

27	V-171	27 May 2006 21:09	ECA 529	Satmex-6 Thaicom-5	GTO	Success

28	V-172	11 August 2006 22:15	ECA 531	JCSAT-10 Syracuse 3B	GTO	Success

29	V-173	13 October 2006 20:56	ECA 533	DirecTV-9S Optus D1 LDREX-2	GTO	Success

30	V-174	8 December 2006 22:08	ECA 534	WildBlue-1 AMC-18	GTO	Success

31	V-175	11 March 2007 22:03	ECA 535	Skynet 5A Insat 4B	GTO	Success

32	V-176	4 May 2007 22:29	ECA 536	Astra 1L Galaxy 17	GTO	Success

33	V-177	14 August 2007 23:44	ECA 537	Spaceway-3 BSat-3A	GTO	Success

34	V-178	5 October 2007 22:02	GS 526	Intelsat 11 Optus D2	GTO	Success

35	V-179	14 November 2007 22:03	ECA 538	Skynet 5B Star One C1	GTO	Success

36	V-180	21 December 2007 21:41	GS 530	Rascom-QAF1 Horizons-2	GTO	Success

37	V-181	9 March 2008 04:03	ES 528	Jules Verne ATV	LEO (ISS)	Success

Maiden flight of Ariane 5ES

38	V-182	18 April 2008 22:17	ECA 539	Star One C2 Vinasat-1	GTO	Success

39	V-183	12 June 2008 22:05	ECA 540	Skynet 5C Turksat 3A	GTO	Success

40	V-184	7 July 2008 21:47	ECA 541	ProtoStar-1 Badr-6	GTO	Success

41	V-185	14 August 2008 20:44	ECA 542	Superbird-7 AMC-21	GTO	Success

42	V-186	20 December 2008 22:35	ECA 543	Hot Bird 9 Eutelsat W2M	GTO	Success

43	V-187	12 February 2009 22:09	ECA 545	Hot Bird 10 NSS-9 Spirale-A Spirale-B	GTO	Success

44	V-188	14 May 2009 13:12	ECA 546	Herschel Space Observatory Planck	Sun-Earth L2 point	Success

45	V-189	1 July 2009 19:52	ECA 547	TerreStar-1	GTO	Success

46	V-190	21 August 2009 22:09	ECA 548	JCSAT-12 Optus D3	GTO	Success

47	V-191	1 October 2009 21:59	ECA 549	Amazonas 2 COMSATBw-1	GTO	Success

48	V-192	29 October 2009 20:00	ECA 550	NSS-12 Thor-6	GTO	Success

49	V-193	18 December 2009 16:26	GS 532	Helios 2B	SSO	Success

Final flight of Ariane 5GS

50	V-194	21 May 2010 22:01	ECA 551	Astra 3B COMSATBw-2	9,116 kg	GTO	SES MilSat Services	Success

51	V-195	26 June 2010 21:41	ECA 552	Arabsat-5A Chollian	8,393 kg	GTO	Arabsat KARI	Success

52	V-196	4 August 2010 20:59	ECA 554	Nilesat-201 RASCOM-QAF 1R	7,085 kg	GTO	Nilesat RASCOM	Success

53	V-197	28 October 2010 21:51	ECA 555	Eutelsat W3B BSAT-3b	8,263 kg	GTO	Eutelsat B-SAT	Success

Eutelsat W3B suffered a leak in the propulsion system shortly after launch and was declared a total loss. BSAT-3b is operating normally.

54	V-198	26 November 2010 18:39	ECA 556	Intelsat 17 HYLAS-1	8,867 kg	GTO	Intelsat Avanti Communications	Success

55	V-199	29 December 2010 21:27	ECA 557	Koreasat 6 Hispasat-1E	9,259 kg	GTO	KT Corporation Hispasat	Success

56	V-200	16 February 2011 21:50	ES 544	Johannes Kepler ATV	20,050 kg	LEO (ISS)	ESA	Success

57	VA-201	22 April 2011 21:37	ECA 558	Yahsat 1A New Dawn	10,064 kg	GTO	AlYahsat Intelsat	Success

Launch was scrubbed from 30 March, aborted in the last seconds before liftoff due to a gimbal malfunction in the Vulcain main engine.

58	VA-202	20 May 2011 20:38	ECA 559	ST-2 GSAT-8	9,013 kg	GTO	Singapore Telecom ISRO	Success

59	VA-203	6 August 2011 22:52	ECA 560	Astra 1N BSAT-3c / JCSAT-110R	9,095 kg	GTO	SES B-SAT	Success

60	VA-204	21 September 2011 21:38	ECA 561	Arabsat-5C SES-2	8,974 kg	GTO	Arabsat SES	Success

61	VA-205	23 March 2012 04:34	ES 553	Edoardo Amaldi ATV	20,060 kg	LEO (ISS)	ESA	Success

62	VA-206	15 May 2012 22:13	ECA 562	JCSAT-13 Vinasat-2	8,381 kg	GTO	JSAT VNPT	Success

63	VA-207	5 July 2012 21:36	ECA 563	EchoStar XVII MSG-3	9,647 kg	GTO	EchoStar EUMETSAT	Success

64	VA-208	2 August 2012 20:54	ECA 564	Intelsat 20 HYLAS 2	10,182 kg	GTO	Intelsat Avanti Communications	Success

65	VA-209	28 September 2012 21:18	ECA 565	Astra 2F GSAT-10	10,211 kg	GTO	SES ISRO	Success

66	VA-210	10 November 2012 21:05	ECA 566	Eutelsat 21B Star One C3	9,216 kg	GTO	Eutelsat Star One	Success

67	VA-211	19 December 2012 21:49	ECA 567	Skynet 5D MEXSAT-3	8,637 kg	GTO	Astrium MEXSAT	Success

68	VA-212	7 February 2013 21:36	ECA 568	Amazonas-3 Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a	10,350 kg	GTO	Hispasat Azercosmos	Success

69	VA-213	5 June 2013 21:52	ES 592	Albert Einstein ATV	20,252 kg	LEO (ISS)	ESA	Success

70	VA-214	25 July 2013 19:54	ECA 569	Alphasat I-XL INSAT-3D	9,760 kg	GTO	Inmarsat ISRO	Success

71	VA-215	29 August 2013 20:30	ECA 570	Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail 1 GSAT-7	9,790 kg	GTO	Eutelsat ISRO	Success

72	VA-217	6 February 2014 21:30	ECA 572	ABS-2 Athena-Fidus	10,214 kg	GTO	DIRISI	Success

73	VA-216	22 March 2014 22:04	ECA 571	Astra 5B Amazonas 4A	9,579 kg	GTO	SES Hispasat	Success

74	VA-219	29 July 2014 23:47	ES 593	Georges Lemaître ATV	20,293 kg	LEO (ISS)	ESA	Success

75	VA-218	11 September 2014 22:05	ECA 573	MEASAT 3b Optus 10	10,088 kg	GTO	MEASAT Satellite Systems Optus	Success

76	VA-220	16 October 2014 21:43	ECA 574	Intelsat 30 ARSAT-1	10,060 kg	GTO	Intelsat AR-SAT	Success

77	VA-221	6 December 2014 20:40	ECA 575	DirecTV-14 GSAT-16	10,210 kg	GTO	DirecTV ISRO	Success

78	VA-222	26 April 2015 20:00	ECA 576	Thor 7 SICRAL-2	9,852 kg	GTO	British Satellite Broadcasting French Armed Forces	Success

79	VA-223	27 May 2015 21:16	ECA 577	DirecTV-15 Sky Mexico 1	9,960 kg	GTO	DirecTV Sky México	Success

80	VA-224	15 July 2015 21:42	ECA 578	Star One C4 MSG-4	8,587 kg	GTO	Star One EUMETSAT	Success

81	VA-225	20 August 2015 20:34	ECA 579	Eutelsat 8 West B Intelsat 34	9,922 kg	GTO	Eutelsat Intelsat	Success

82	VA-226	30 September 2015 20:30	ECA 580	NBN Co 1A ARSAT-2	10,203 kg	GTO	National Broadband Network ARSAT	Success

83	VA-227	10 November 2015 21:34	ECA 581	Arabsat 6B GSAT-15	9,810 kg	GTO	Arabsat ISRO	Success

84	VA-228	27 January 2016 23:20	ECA 583	Intelsat 29e	6,700 kg	GTO	Intelsat	Success

85	VA-229	9 March 2016 05:20	ECA 582	Eutelsat 65 West A	6,707 kg	GTO	Eutelsat	Success

86	VA-230	18 June 2016 21:38	ECA 584	EchoStar 18 BRISat	10,730 kg	GTO	EchoStar Bank Rakyat Indonesia	Success

This mission carried the first satellite owned by a financial institution.

87	VA-232	24 August 2016 22:16	ECA 586	Intelsat 33e Intelsat 36	10,735 kg	GTO	Intelsat	Success

Intelsat 33e's LEROS apogee engine, which supposed to perform orbit raising, failed soon after its successful launch, forcing to use the experimentation of low-thrust reaction control system which extended the commissioning time 3 months longer than expected.

88	VA-231	5 October 2016 20:30	ECA 585	NBN Co 1B GSAT-18	10,663 kg	GTO	National Broadband Network INSAT	Success

89	VA-233	17 November 2016 13:06	ES 594	Galileo FOC-M6 (satellites FM-7, 12, 13, 14)	3,290 kg	MEO	ESA	Success

90	VA-234	21 December 2016 20:30	ECA 587	Star One D1 JCSAT-15	10,722 kg	GTO	Star One SKY Perfect JSAT	Success

91	VA-235	14 February 2017 21:39	ECA 588	Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil-1 Telkom 3S	10,485 kg	GTO	Intelsat, DirecTV Latin America Telkom Indonesia	Success

This mission carried the first Intelsat EpicNG satellite based on the Eurostar E3000 platform, while other Intelsat EpicNG satellites were based on BSS-702MP platform.

92	VA-236	4 May 2017 21:50	ECA 589	Koreasat 7 SGDC-1	10,289 kg	GTO	KT Corporation SGDC	Success

The launch was delayed from March 2018 due to transportation to the launch site being restricted by a blockade erected by striking workers.

93	VA-237	1 June 2017 23:45	ECA 590	ViaSat 2 Eutelsat 172B	10,865 kg	GTO	ViaSat Eutelsat	Success

Heaviest and most expensive commercial payload ever put into orbit, valued at approximately $800 million (~$1 billion including the rocket). ViaSat-2 suffered antenna glitch, which cut about 15% of its intended throughput.

94	VA-238	28 June 2017 21:15	ECA 591	EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3 GSAT-17	10,177 kg	GTO	Inmarsat / Hellas Sat INSAT	Success

95	VA-239	29 September 2017 21:56	ECA 5100	Intelsat 37e BSAT-4a	10,838 kg	GTO	Intelsat B-SAT	Success

Launch was scrubbed from 5 September due to electrical fault in one of the solid rocket boosters that caused launch abort in the last seconds before liftoff.

96	VA-240	12 December 2017 18:36	ES 595	Galileo FOC-M7 (satellites FM-19, 20, 21, 22)	3,282 kg	MEO	ESA	Success

97	VA-241	25 January 2018 22:20	ECA 5101	SES-14 with GOLD Al Yah 3	9,123 kg	Super-GTO	SES, NASA AlYahsat	Partial failure

Telemetry from the launch vehicle was lost after 9 minutes 30 seconds into the flight, after rocket trajectory went off course due to invalid inertial units' azimuth value.

98	VA-242	5 April 2018 21:34	ECA 5102	Superbird-8 / DSN-1 HYLAS-4	10,260 kg	GTO	Japanese MoD, SKY Perfect JSAT Avanti Communications	Success

Return-to-flight mission after VA-241 mishap on 25 January.

99	VA-244	25 July 2018 11:25	ES 596	Galileo FOC-M8 (satellites FM-23, 24, 25, 26)	3,379 kg	MEO	ESA	Success

Final flight of Ariane 5ES.

100	VA-243	25 September 2018 22:38	ECA 5103	Horizons-3e Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38	10,827 kg	GTO	Intelsat, SKY Perfect JSAT Azercosmos	Success

Hundredth Ariane 5 mission. Flight VA-243 was delayed from 25 May due to issues with GSAT-11, which was eventually replaced by Horizons-3e.

101	VA-245	20 October 2018 01:45	ECA 5105	BepiColombo	4,081 kg	Heliocentric	ESA JAXA	Success

102	VA-246	4 December 2018 20:37	ECA 5104	GSAT-11 GEO-KOMPSAT 2A	GTO	ISRO KARI	Success

103	VA-247	5 February 2019 21:01	ECA 5106	GSAT-31 Hellas Sat 4 / SaudiGeoSat 1	GTO	ISRO Hellas Sat	Success

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