ARIANE LAUNCH RECORD (1979 to 2007) V Date Vehicle Payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 24 Dec 79 1-01 CAT-01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 2 23 May 80 1-02 CAT-02, Firewheel, Amsat PIIIA (Oscar 9) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 19 Jun 81 1-03 CAT-03, Apple, Meteosat 2 4 20 Dec 81 1-04 CAT-04, Marecs A (Marecs 1), VID, Thesee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 5 10 Sep 82 1-05 Marecs B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 16 Jun 83 1-06 ECS-1, Oscar 10 7 19 Oct 83 1-07 Intelsat V-F7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 5 Mar 84 1-08 Intelsat V-F8 9 22 May 84 1-09 Spacenet 1 (Zhongxing 5) 10 4 Aug 84 3-01 ECS-2, Telecom 1A 11 10 Nov 84 3-02 Spacenet 2, Marecs C (Marecs 2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 8 Feb 85 3-03 Arabsat 1A, Brasilsat S1 13 8 May 85 3-04 GStar 1, Telecom 1B 14 2 Jul 85 1-10 Giotto * 15 12 Sep 85 3-05 Spacenet 3, ECS-3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 22 Feb 86 1-11 Spot 1, Viking 17 28 Mar 86 3-06 GStar 2, Brasilsat S2 * 18 31 May 86 2-01 Intelsat V-F14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 16 Sep 87 3-07 Aussat K3, ECS-4 20 21 Nov 87 2-02 TV-Sat 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 11 Mar 88 3-08 Spacenet 3R/Geostar R01, Telecom 1C 23 17 May 88 2-03 Intelsat V-F13 (NSS 513) 22 15 Jun 88 44LP-01 Meteosat P2, PanAmSat 1, Amsat 3C 24 21 Jul 88 3-09 ECS-5, Insat 1C 25 8 Sep 88 3-10 GStar 3/Geostar R02, SBS-5 26 28 Oct 88 2-04 TDF-1 27 11 Dec 88 44LP-02 Skynet 4B, Astra 1A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 27 Jan 89 2-05 Intelsat V-F15 29 6 Mar 89 44LP-03 JCSat 1, MOP-1 (Meteosat 4) 30 2 Apr 89 2-06 Tele-X 31 5 Jun 89 44L-01 Superbird 1, DFS-1 32 12 Jul 89 3-11 Olympus 33 8 Aug 89 44LP-04 TV-Sat 2, Hipparcos 34 27 Oct 89 44L-02 Intelsat VI-F2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 22 Jan 90 40-01 Spot 2, Uosat 2/3, Pacsat, Dove, Webersat, Lusat * 36 22 Feb 90 44L-03 Superbird B, BS-2X 37 24 Jul 90 44L-04 TDF-2, DFS-2 38 30 Aug 90 44LP-05 Eutelsat II-F1, Skynet 4C 39 12 Oct 90 44L-05 SBS-6, Galaxy 6 40 20 Nov 90 42P-01 GE Satcom C-1, GStar 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 15 Jan 91 44L-06 Eutelsat II-F2, Italsat 1 42 2 Mar 91 44LP-06 Astra 1B, MOP-2 43 4 Apr 91 44P-01 Anik E2 44 17 Jul 91 40-02 ERS-1, Datasat X, Tubsat, Uosat F, SARA 45 14 Aug 91 44L-07 Intelsat VI-F5 46 26 Sep 91 44P-02 Anik E1 47 29 Oct 91 44L-08 Intelsat VI-F1 48 16 Dec 91 44L-09 Telecom 2A, Inmarsat II-F3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 27 Feb 92 44L-10 Superbird-B1, Arabsat-1C 50 15 Apr 92 44L-11 Telecom 2B, Inmarsat II-F4 51 9 Jul 92 44L-12 Eutelsat II-F4, Insat 2A 52 10 Aug 92 42P-02 Topex-Poseidon, Kitsat-A (Oscar 23, Uribyol 1), S80/T 53 10 Sep 92 44LP-07 Hispasat 1A, GE Satcom C-4 54 28 Oct 92 42P-03 Galaxy 7 55 1 Dec 92 42P-04 Superbird A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 56 12 May 93 42L-01 Astra-1C, Arsene 57 24 Jun 93 42P-05 Galaxy 4 (HGS 4) 58 22 Jul 93 44L-13 Hispasat 1B, Insat 2B 59 26 Sep 93 40-03 SPOT-3 (SPOT-C), Stella, Kitsat-B (Oscar 25, Uribyol 2), Posat-1, Healthsat-1, Eyesat-A, ITAmsat 60 22 Oct 93 44LP-08 Intelsat VII-F1 61 20 Nov 93 44LP-09 Solidaridad 1, MOP 3 62 18 Dec 93 44L-14 DirecTV 1 (DBS-1), Thaicom 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 63 24 Jan 94 44LP-10 Eutelsat II F5, Turksat 1A 64 17 Jun 94 44LP-11 Intelsat VII F2, STRV 1A, STRV 1B 65 8 Jul 94 44L-15 PanAmSat 2, BS-3N 66 10 Aug 94 44LP-12 Brasilsat B1, Turksat 1B 67 9 Sep 94 42L-02 Telstar 402 68 8 Oct 94 44L-16 Solidaridad 2, Thaicom 2 69 1 Nov 94 42P-06 Astra 1D * 70 1 Dec 94 42P-07 PanAmSat K2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71 28 Mar 95 44LP-13 Brasilsat B2, Eutelsat II F6 (Hot Bird 1) 72 21 Apr 95 40-04 ERS-2 73 17 May 95 44LP-14 Intelsat VII F6 74 10 Jun 95 42P-08 DirecTV 3 (DBS-3) 75 7 Jul 95 40-05 Helios 1A, CERISE, UPMSAT 1 76 3 Aug 95 42L-03 PanAmSat K3 (PAS 4) 77 29 Aug 95 44P-03 N-STAR a 78 24 Sep 95 42L-04 Telstar 4 (402R) 79 19 Oct 95 42L-05 Astra 1E 80 17 Nov 95 44P-04 ISO (Infrared Space Observatory) 81 6 Dec 95 44L-17 Telecom 2C, Insat 2C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 82 12 Jan 96 44L-18 PanAmSat 3R, Measat 1 83 5 Feb 96 44P-05 N-STAR b 84 14 Mar 96 44LP-15 Intelsat 707 85 20 Apr 96 42P-09 M-SAT 1 86 16 May 96 44L-19 Palapa C-2, AMOS 1 * 88 4 Jun 96 5G-01 Cluster F1-F4 87 15 Jun 96 44P-06 Intelsat 709 89 9 Jul 96 44L-20 Arabsat 2A, Turksat 1C 90 8 Aug 96 44L-21 Italsat F2, Telecom 2D 91 11 Sep 96 42P-10 EchoStar 2 92 13 Nov 96 44L-22 Arabsat 2B, Measat 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93 30 Jan 97 44L-23 Nahuel 1A, GE 2 94 1 Mar 97 44P-07 Intelsat 801 95 16 Apr 97 44LP-16 Thaicom 3, BSat 1a 97 3 Jun 97 44L-24 Inmarsat III F4, Insat 2D 96 25 Jun 97 44P-08 Intelsat 802 98 8 Aug 97 44P-09 PanAmSat 6 99 2 Sep 97 44LP-17 Hot Bird 3 (Eurobird 4, Eutelsat W75/ABS-1B), Meteosat 7 (MTP-1) 100 23 Sep 97 42L-06 Intelsat 803 (NSS 803) +101 30 Oct 97 5G-02 Maqsat-H/TEAMSAT/YES, Maqsat-B 102 12 Nov 97 44L-25 Sirius 2, Cakrawarta 1 (Indostar 1) 103 2 Dec 97 44P-10 JCSat 5, Equator S 104 22 Dec 97 42L-07 Intelsat 804 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 105 4 Feb 98 44LP-18 Inmarsat III F5, Brasilsat B-3 106 27 Feb 98 42P-11 Hot Bird 4 107 24 Mar 98 40-06 SPOT 4 108 28 Apr 98 44P-11 Nilesat 101, BSat 1b 109 25 Aug 98 44P-12 ST 1 (Singapore Taiwan Satellite) 110 16 Sep 98 44LP-19 PAS 7 111 5 Oct 98 44L-26 Eutelsat W2, Sirius 3 112 21 Oct 98 5G-03 ARD (Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator), Maqsat-3 113 28 Oct 98 44L-27 AfriStar, GE 5 114 6 Dec 98 42L-08 Satmex 5 115 22 Dec 98 42L-09 PAS 6B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 116 26 Feb 99 44L-28 Arabsat 3A, Skynet 4E 117 2 Apr 99 42P-12 Insat 2E 118 12 Aug 99 42P-13 Telkom 1 120 4 Sep 99 42P-14 Koreasat 3 (Mugungwha 3) 121 25 Sep 99 44LP-20 Intelsat Americas 7 (Loralsat 101, Telstar 7, IA7) 122 19 Oct 99 44LP-21 Orion 2 (Telstar 12) 123 13 Nov 99 44LP-22 GE 4 124 3 Dec 99 40-07 Helios 1B, Clementine 119 10 Dec 99 5G-04 XMM (X-ray Multi Mirror) 125 22 Dec 99 44L-29 Galaxy 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 126 25 Jan 00 42L-10 Galaxy 10R 127 18 Feb 00 44LP-23 Superbird 4 128 21 Mar 00 5G-05 AsiaStar, Insat 3B 129 19 Apr 00 42L-11 Galaxy 4R 131 17 Aug 00 44LP-24 Brasilsat B4, Nilesat 102 132 6 Sep 00 44P-13 Eutelsat W1 130 14 Sep 00 5G-06 Astra 2B, GE 7 133 6 Oct 00 42L-12 N-Sat 110 (Superbird 5) 134 29 Oct 00 44LP-25 Europe*Star F1 135 16 Nov 00 5G-07 PAS 1R (Intelsat 1R), AO-40 (AmSat P-3D), STRV-1c, STRV-1d 136 21 Nov 00 44L-30 Anik F1 138 20 Dec 00 5G-08 Astra 2D, GE 8 (Aurora III), LDREX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 137 10 Jan 01 44P-14 Eurasiasat 1 (Turksat 2A) 139 7 Feb 01 44L-31 SICRAL, Skynet 4F 140 8 Mar 01 5G-09 BSat 2a, Eurobird 1 (Eutelsat W1R) 141 9 Jun 01 44L-32 Intelsat 901 +142 12 Jul 01 5G'-10 ARTEMIS, BSat 2b 143 30 Aug 01 44L-33 Intelsat 902 144 25 Sep 01 44P-15 Atlantic Bird 2 146 27 Nov 01 44LP-26 DirecTV 4S -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 147 23 Jan 02 42L-13 Insat 3C 148 23 Feb 02 44L-34 Intelsat 904 145 1 Mar 02 5G'-11 Envisat 1 (PPF/POEM 1) 149 29 Mar 02 44L-35 JCSat 8, Astra 3A 150 16 Apr 02 44L-36 NSS 7 151 4 May 02 42P-15 Spot 5, Idefix 152 5 Jun 02 44L-37 Intelsat 905 153 5 Jul 02 5G'-12 Stellat 5, N-Star c (N-Star 6) 155 28 Aug 02 5G'-13 Atlantic Bird 1 (SatelCom 1), Meteosat 8 (MSG 1) 154 6 Sep 02 44L-38 Intelsat 906 *157 11 Dec 02 5ECA-01 Hot Bird 7, Stentor, Ballast 156 17 Dec 02 44L-39 NSS 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 159 15 Feb 03 44L-40 Intelsat 907 160 9 Apr 03 5G'-14 Insat 3A, Galaxy 12 161 11 Jun 03 5G'-15 Optus and Defence C1, BSAT 2c 162 27 Sep 03 5G'-16 Insat 3E, e-Bird 1, SMART-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 158 2 Mar 04 5G+-17 Rosetta, Roland 163 18 Jul 04 5G+-18 Anik F2 165 18 Dec 04 5G+-19 Helios IIA, Essaim 1-4, PARASOL, Nanosat 01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 164 12 Feb 05 5ECA-02 XTAR-EUR, Sloshsat-FLEVO, Maqsat B2 166 11 Aug 05 5GS-20 iPStar 1 (Thaicom 4) 168 13 Oct 05 5GS-21 Syracus 3A, Galaxy 15 (Galaxy 1RR, PAS Light 3) 167 16 Nov 05 5ECA-03 Spaceway 2, Telkom 2 169 21 Dec 05 5GS-22 Insat 4A, MSG 2 (Eumetsat 9) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 170 11 Mar 06 5ECA-04 Hot Bird 7A, SpainSat 171 26 May 06 5ECA-05 Thaicom 5 (Agrani 2), SatMex 6 (Morelos 4, Solidaridad 1R) 172 11 Aug 06 5ECA-06 Syracus 3B, JCSat 10 173 13 Oct 06 5ECA-07 DirecTV 9S, Optus D1, LDREX 2 174 8 Dec 06 5ECA-08 WildBlue 1 (iSKY 1), AMC 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 175 11 Mar 07 5ECA-09 Insat 4B, Skynet 5A 176 4 May 07 5ECA-10 Astra 1L, Galaxy 17 177 14 Aug 07 5ECA-11 Spaceway 3, BSAT-3a 178 5 Oct 07 5GS-23 Intelsat IS-11 (PAS-11), Optus D-2 179 14 Nov 07 5ECA-12 Star One C-1 (Brasilsat C-1), Skynet 5B 180 21 Dec 07 5GS-24 Horizons 2, Rascom QAF-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 181 9 Mar 08 5ES-01 ATV 1 (Jules Verne, ISS-ATV-01) 182 18 Apr 08 5ECA-13 Vinasat 1, Star One C-2 183 12 Jun 08 5ECA-14 Turksat 3A, Skynet 5C 184 7 Jul 08 5ECA-15 Badr 6 (Arabsat 4AR), ProtoStar 1 (Chinasat 8) 185 14 Aug 08 5ECA-16 Superbird C2 (Superbird 7), AMC-21 186 20 Dec 08 5ECA-17 Hot Bird 9, Eutelsat W2M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 187 12 Feb 09 5ECA-18 Hotbird 10, NSS 9, Spirale A, Spirale B 188 14 May 09 5ECA-19 Herschel, Planck 189 1 Jul 09 5ECA-20 TerreStar 1 190 21 Aug 09 5ECA-21 JCSAT RA (JCSat 12), Optus D3 191 1 Oct 09 5ECA-22 Amazonas 2, COMSATBw-1 (Satcom Bw-1, GMS-2A) 192 29 Oct 09 5ECA-23 NSS 12, Thor 6 193 18 Dec 09 5GS-25 Helios IIB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Launch Failure + Partial Failure AO AMSAT Oscar AMOS Affordable Modular Optimised Satellite ARTEMIS Advanced Relay and Technology Mission ATV Automated Transfer Vehicle CERISE Caracterisation de l'Environement Radioelectrique par un Instrument Spatiale Embarque DBS Direct Broadcast Satellite EAP Étage d'Acceleration ŕ Poudre (Solid Booster Stage) EPC Étage Principle Cryotechnique (Cryogenic Core Stage) EPS Étage ŕ Propergols Stockables (Storable Propellant Stage) EPSE Étage ŕ Propergols Stockables Evolution (EPS with mixture ratio from 2.05 to 1.9, new tank sizes, 274 kg propellant increase, EPS L10) EPSV Étage Superieur Versatile (EPSE with restartable Aestus engine) ESC-A Étage Superieur Cryotechnique A (Cryogenic Upper Stage with 14.4 t propellant and HM-7B engine) ESC-B Étage Superieur Cryotechnique B (Cryogenic Upper Stage with 24.1 t propellant and restartable Vinci engine) FLEVO Facility for Liquid Experimentation and Verification in Orbit LDREX Large Deployable Reflector Experiment MSG Meteosat Second Generation NSS New Skies Satellite PARASOL Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Sciences coupled with Observations from a Lidar SICRAL Satellite Italiano per Comunicazioni Riservate e Allarmi SMART Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology STRV Space Technology Research Vehicle TEAMSAT Technology Educational Experiment Added to Maqsat UPMSAT Polytechnic University of Madrid Satellite VEB Vehicle Equipment Bay YES Young Engineers Satellite 5G Ariane 5 Generic (EAP P238, EPC H158, EPS L9.5) 5G' Ariane 5 Generic Perfo-2000 (5G with reinforced forward skirt on EPC for EAP upper attach points and Vulcain 1 dual operating points) 5G+ Ariane 5 Generic Plus (5G' with EPSE, 160 kg lighter composite VEB structure, and lighter EAP nozzles, EAP P238, EPC H158, EPS L10) 5GS Ariane 5 Generic Stockables (EAP P240, ECP H158, EPS L10) 5ES Ariane 5 Evolution Stockables (EAP P240, ECP H175, EPS L10) 5ESV Ariane 5 Evolution Stockables Versatile (5ES with EPSV) 5ECA Ariane 5 Evolution Cryotechnique A (5ES with ESC-A) 5ECB Ariane 5 Evolution Cryotechnique B (5ES with ESC-B)