# List of Ariane launches (1990–1999)

This is a list of launches performed by Ariane carrier rockets between 1990 and 1999. The Ariane 4 was in service throughout this period, and conducted most launches, with the Ariane 5 making its first four flights in the second half of the decade.

## Launch statistics
### Rocket configurations

* Ariane 4 40
* Ariane 4 42L
* Ariane 4 42P
* Ariane 4 44L
* Ariane 4 44P
* Ariane 4 44LP
* Ariane 5 G

### Launch outcomes

* Failure
* Partial failure
* Success

## Launch history

1990 :
| Date (UTC) | Variant | Configuration | Serial N$^o$ | Payload | Orbit | Outcome | Remarks |
| 22 January 1990, 01:35 | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-35/408 | SPOT-2 Uosat-3/Oscar 14 UoSAT-4/Oscar 15 Oscar 16 Oscar 17 Oscar 18 Oscar 19 | SSO | Success | |
| 22 February 1990, 23:17 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-36/407 | Superbird-B BS-2X | GTO (planned) | Failure | Exploded due to blocked water line. |
| 24 July 1990, 22:25 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-37/409 | TDF-2 DFS-2 | GTO | Success | |
| 30 August 1990, 22:46 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-38/410 | Skynet 4C Eutelsat 2F1 | GTO | Success | |
| 12 October 1990, 22:58 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-39/411 | SBS-6 Galaxy-6 | GTO | Success | |
| 20 November 1990, 23:11 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-40/412 | Satcom C1 GStar-4 | GTO | Success | |
| 1991 ||||||||
| 15 January 1991, 23:10 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-41/413 | Italsat-1 Eutelsat 2F2 | GTO | Success | |
| 2 March 1991, 23:36 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-42/414 | Astra 1B Meteosat 5 | GTO | Success | |
| 4 April 1991, 23:33 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-43/415 | Anik E2 | GTO | Success | |
| 17 July 1991, 01:46 | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-44/416 | ERS-1 Oscar 22 Orbcomm-X Tubsat-A SARA | SSO | Success | |
| 14 August 1991, 23:15 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-45/417 | Intelsat 605 | GTO | Success | |
| 26 September 1991, 23:43 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-46/418 | Anik E1 | GTO | Success | |
| 29 October 1991, 23:08 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-47/419 | Intelsat 601 | GTO | Success | |
| 16 December 1991, 22:19 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-48/420 | Telecom 2A Inmarsat 2F3 | GTO | Success | |
| 1992 ||||||||
| 26 February 1992, 23:58 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-49/421 | Superbird-B1 Arabsat-1C | GTO | Success | |
| 15 April 1992, 23:25 | Ariane 4 | 44L+ | V-50/422 | Telecom 2B Inmarsat-2F4 | GTO | Success | |
| 9 July 1992, 22:42 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-51/423 | Insat-2A Eutelsat 2F4 | GTO | Success | |
| 10 August 1992, 23:08 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-52/424 | TOPEX/Poseidon Oscar 23 S80/T | SSO | Success | |
| 10 September 1992, 23:04 | Ariane 4 | 44LP+ | V-53/425 | Hispasat 1A Satcom C3 | GTO | Success | |
| 28 October 1992, 00:15 | Ariane 4 | 42P+ | V-54/426 | Galaxy-7 | GTO | Success | |
| 1 December 1992, 22:48 | Ariane 4 | 42P+ | V-55/427 | Superbird A1 | GTO | Success | |
| 1993 ||||||||
| 12 May 1993, 00:56 | Ariane 4 | 42L | V-56/428 | Astra 1C Arsene | GTO | Success | Only launch of Ariane 42L |
| 25 June 1993, 00:18 | Ariane 4 | 42P+ | V-57/430 | Galaxy-4 | GTO | Success | |
| 22 July 1993, 22:58 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-58/429 | Hispasat 1B Insat-2B | GTO | Success | |
| 26 September 1993, 01:45 | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-59/431 | SPOT-3 Stella Kitsat-2 Posat-1 Healthsat-2 ITAMsat Eyesat-1 | SSO | Success | |
| 22 October 1993, 06:46 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-60/432 | Intelsat 701 | GTO | Success | |
| 20 November 1993, 01:17 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-61/433 | Solidaridad 1 Meteosat 6 | GTO | Success | |
| 18 December 1993, 01:27 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-62/434 | DBS-1 Thaicom-1 | GTO | Success | |
| 1994 ||||||||
| 24 January 1994, 21:37 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-63/435 | Eutelsat 2F5 Turksat 1A | GTO (planned) | Failure | Third stage turbopump malfunction |
| 17 June 1994, 07:07 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-64/436 | Intelsat 702 STRV 1A & 1B | GTO | Success | |
| 8 July 1994, 23:05 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-65/437 | Panamsat-2 Yuri-3N | GTO | Success | |
| 10 August 1994, 23:05 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-66/438 | Brasilsat B1 Turksat 1B | GTO | Success | |
| 9 September 1994, 00:29 | Ariane 4 | 42L+ | V-67/439 | Telstar 402 | GTO | Success | Only launch of Ariane 42L+ |
| 8 October 1994, 01:07 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-68/440 | Solidaridad-2 Thaicom-2 | GTO | Success | |
| 1 November 1994, 00:37 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-69/441 | Astra 1D | GTO | Success | |
| 1 December 1994, 22:57 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-70/442 | Panamsat-3 | GTO (planned) | Failure | Third stage gas generator malfunction |
| 1995 ||||||||
| 28 March 1995, 11:19 | Ariane 4 | 44LP+ | V-71/443 | Brasilsat B2 Hot Bird 1 | GTO | Success | |
| 21 April 1995, 01:44 | Ariane 4 | 40+ | V-72/444 | ERS-2 | SSO | Success | |
| 17 May 1995, 06:34 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-73/445 | Intelsat 706 | GTO | Success | |
| 10 June 1995, 00:24 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-74/446 | DBS-3 | GTO | Success | |
| 7 July 1995, 16:23 | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-75/447 | Hélios 1A Cerise LBSAT/UPM-Sat 1 | SSO | Success | |
| 3 August 1995, 22:58 | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-76/448 | PanAmSat-4 | GTO | Success | Maiden flight of Ariane 42L-3 |
| 29 August 1995, 06:41 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-77/449 | N-Star A | GTO | Success | |
| 24 September 1995, 00:06 | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-78/450 | Telstar 402R | GTO | Success | |
| 19 October 1995, 00:28 | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-79/451 | Astra 1E | GTO | Success | |
| 17 November 1995, 01:20 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-80/452 | ISO | HEO | Success | |
| 6 December 1995, 23:23 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-81/453 | Telecom 2C Insat 2C | GTO | Success | |
| 1996 ||||||||
| 12 January 1996, 23:10 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-82/454 | Panamsat-3R Measat-1 | GTO | Success | |
| 5 February 1996, 07:19 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-83/455 | N-STAR b | GTO | Success | |
| 14 March 1996, 07:11 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-84/456 | Intelsat 707 | GTO | Success | |
| 20 April 1996, 22:36 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-85/457 | MSAT-1 | GTO | Success | |
| 16 May 1996, 01:56 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-86/458 | Palapa C2 AMOS-1 | GTO | Success | |
| 4 June 1996, 12:34 | Ariane 5 | G | V-88/501 | Cluster FM-1 Cluster FM-2 Cluster FM-3 Cluster FM-4 | HEO (Planned) | Failure | Maiden flight of Ariane 5, guidance system failed due to programming error, destroyed by range safety |
| 15 June 1996, 06:55 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-87/459 | Intelsat 709 | GTO | Success | |
| 9 July 1996, 22:24 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-89/460 | Arabsat-2A Türksat 1C | GTO | Success | |
| 8 August 1996, 22:49 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-90/461 | Italsat F2 Telecom 2D | GTO | Success | |
| 11 September 1996, 00:00 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-91/462 | Echostar-2 | GTO | Success | |
| 13 November 1996, 22:40 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-92/463 | Arabsat-2B Measat-2 | GTO | Success | |
| 1997 ||||||||
| 30 January 1997, 22:04 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-93/465 | GE-2 Nahuel 1A | GTO | Success | |
| 1 March 1997, 01:07 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-94/464 | Intelsat 801 | GTO | Success | |
| 16 April 1997, 23:08 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-95/467 | Thaicom 3 BSAT 1a | GTO | Success | |
| 3 June 1997, 23:20 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-97/468 | Inmarsat 3F4 Insat 2D | GTO | Success | |
| 25 June 1997, 23:44 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-96/466 | Intelsat 802 | GTO | Success | |
| 8 August 1997, 06:46 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-98/469 | Panamsat-6 | GTO | Success | |
| 2 September 1997, 22:21 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-99/470 | Hot Bird 3 Meteosat 7 | GTO | Success | |
| 23 September 1997, 23:58 | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-100/471 | Intelsat 803 | GTO | Success | |
| 30 October 1997, 13:43 | Ariane 5 | G | V-101/502 | Maqsat-H/TEAMSAT Maqsat-B YES | GTO (planned) | Partial failure | Upper stage underperformed, placed satellites in lower orbit than planned |
| 12 November 1997, 21:48 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-102/472 | Sirius-2 Cakrawarta-1 | GTO | Success | |
| 2 December 1997, 22:52 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-103/473 | JCSAT-5 Equator-S | GTO | Success | |
| 22 December 1997, 00:16 | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-104/474 | Intelsat 804 | GTO | Success | |
| 1998 ||||||||
| 4 February 1998, 23:29 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-105/475 | Brasilsat B3 Inmarsat 3F5 | GTO | Success | |
| 27 February 1998, 22:38 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-106/476 | Hot Bird 4 | GTO | Success | |
| 24 March 1998, 01:46 | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-107/477 | SPOT-4 | SSO | Success | |
| 28 April 1998, 22:53 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-108/478 | Nilesat-1 BSAT-1B | GTO | Success | |
| 25 August 1998, 23:07 | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-109/479 | ST-1 | GTO | Success | |
| 16 September 1998, 06:31 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-110/480 | Panamsat 7 | GTO | Success | |
| 5 October 1998, 22:51 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-111/481 | Eutelsat W2 Sirius-3 | GTO | Success | |
| 21 October 1998, 16:37 | Ariane 5 | G | V-112/503 | Maqsat-3/ARD | GTO | Success | ARD deployed on suborbital trajectory |
| 28 October 1998, 22:15 | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-113/482 | Afristar GE-5 | GTO | Success | |
| 6 December 1998, 00:43 | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-114/483 | Satmex 5 | GTO | Success | |
| 22 December 1998, 01:08 | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-115/484 | PanAmSat-6B | GTO | Success | |
| 1999 ||||||||
| 26 February 1999, 22:44:00 | Ariane 4 | 44L (# 28) | V-116/485 | Arabsat-3A Skynet 4E | GTO | Success | |
| 2 April 1999, 22:03 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-117/486 | Insat-2E | GTO | Success | |
| 12 August 1999, 22:52 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-118/487 | Telkom-1 | GTO | Success | |
| 4 September 1999, 22:34 | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-120/488 | Koreasat-3 | GTO | Success | |
| 25 September 1999, 06:29 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-121/489 | Telstar 7 | GTO | Success | |
| 19 October 1999, 06:22 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-122/490 | Orion 2 | GTO | Success | |
| 13 November 1999, 22:54 | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-123/491 | GE-4 | GTO | Success | |
| 3 December 1999, 16:22 | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-124/492 | Helios 1B Clémentine | SSO | Success | |
| 10 December 1999, 14:32 | Ariane 5 | G | V-119/504 | XMM-Newton | HEO | Success | |
| 22 December 1999, 00:50 | Ariane 4 | 44L-3 | V-125/493 | Galaxy-11 | GTO | Success | |