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The Ariane 5 ME (Mid-life Evolution) was in development into early 2015, and was seen as a stopgap between Ariane 5ECA/Ariane 5ES and the new Ariane 6. With first flight planned for 2018, it would have become ESA's principal launcher until the arrival of the new Ariane 6 version.
Ariane 5 ECA 547 Guiana ELA-3: TerreStar-1: GTO: Success V-190 21 August 2009 22:09 Ariane 5 ECA 548 Guiana ELA-3: JCSAT-12 Optus D3: GTO: Success V-191 1 October 2009 21:59 Ariane 5 ECA 549 Guiana ELA-3: Amazonas 2 COMSATBw-1: GTO: Success V-192 29 October 2009 20:00 Ariane 5 ECA 550 Guiana ELA-3: NSS-12 Thor-6: GTO: Success V-193 18 December ...
Ariane 5ES carrying ATV-004. The European Ariane 5 first flew in 1996 and launched many commercial payloads to GTO. It benefited in this role by launching from Guiana Space Center, a spaceport near the equator in French territory. Ariane 5 often carried multiple payloads per launch and set records for mass to GTO delivered for commercial payloads.
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 ECA 551 Guiana ELA-3: Astra 3B COMSATBw-2: 9,116 kg GTO: SES MilSat Services Success V-195 26 June 2010 21:41 Ariane 5 ECA 552 Guiana ELA-3: Arabsat-5A Chollian: 8,393 kg GTO: Arabsat KARI: Success V-196 4 August 2010 20:59 Ariane 5 ECA 554 Guiana ELA-3: Nilesat-201 RASCOM-QAF 1R: 7,085 kg GTO: Nilesat RASCOM: Success V-197 28 October ...
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Ariane 5, first successful launch on 30 October 1997 (the first launch on 4 June 1996, failed). Ariane 6, It has a similar payload capacity to that of Ariane 5 but considerably lower costs. Its first flight took place on 9 July 2024. [54]
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