Ariane·Aérospatiale
Ariane 5 ECA
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 57.7 m
- Diameter
- 5.4 m
- Mass
- 780,000 kg
- Stages
- 2
- Thrust
- 11,400 kN
- Payload to GTO
- 10,500 kg
- First flight
- 2002-12-11
- Total launches
- 73
- Success / Fail
- 71 / 2
Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.
Propulsion
First stage
Vulcain 2936 kN
LH2 / LOX · gas-generator
ArianeGroupIsp 433s (vac)since 2002
Second stage
HM7B67 kN
LH2 / LOX · gas-generator
ArianeGroupIsp 446s (vac)since 1979
Payloads it launched
60 loaded
GSAT-30
GEO
EUTELSAT KONNECT
GEO
TIBA-1
GEO
INMARSAT GX5
GEO
AT&T T-16
GEO
EUTELSAT 7C
GEO
GSAT-31
GEO
HELLAS-SAT 4 & SGS-1
GEO
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A
GEO
GSAT-11
GEO
BEPICOLOMBO
Heliocentric
HORIZONS-3E
GEO
AZERSPACE 2 (IS-38)
GEO
HYLAS 4
GEO
SUPERBIRD-B3
GEO
AL YAH 3
GEO
SES-14
GEO
INTELSAT 37E (IS-37E)
GEO
BSAT-4A
GEO
GSAT-17
GEO
HELLAS-SAT 3
GEO
VIASAT-2
GEO
EUTELSAT 172B
GEO
SGDC
GEO
KOREASAT 7
GEO
INTELSAT 32E (IS-32E)
GEO
TELKOM 3S
GEO
JCSAT-110A (JCSAT-15)
GEO
STAR ONE D1
GEO
SKY MUSTER 2 (NBN1B)
GEO
GSAT-18
GEO
INTELSAT 36 (IS-36)
GEO
INTELSAT 33E (IS-33E)
GEO
ECHOSTAR 18
GEO
BRISAT
GEO
EUTELSAT 65 WEST A
GEO
INTELSAT 29E (IS-29E)
GEO
GSAT-15
GEO
BADR-7 (ARABSAT-6B)
GEO
ARSAT 2
GEO
SKY MUSTER 1 (NBN1A)
GEO
EUTELSAT 8 WEST B
GEO
INTELSAT 34 (IS-34)
GEO
METEOSAT-11 (MSG-4)
GEO
STAR ONE C4
GEO
DIRECTV 15
GEO
SKY MEXICO-1
GEO
THOR 7
GEO
SICRAL 2
Payload
GSAT-16
GEO
DIRECTV 14
GEO
INTELSAT 30 (IS-30)
GEO
ARSAT 1
GEO
OPTUS 10
GEO
MEASAT-3B
GEO
ASTRA 5B
GEO
AMAZONAS 4A
GEO
ABS-2
GEO
ATHENA-FIDUS
GEO
GSAT-7
GEO
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