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The Ariane 5ES flew 8 times from 2008 to 2018 with no failures. ME: The Ariane 5ME (Mid-life Evolution) was under development until December 2014 when funding was cut in favour of developing Ariane 6. Last activities for Ariane 5ME were completed at the end of 2015. Vinci upper stage engine, under development for the 5ME, transferred to Ariane 6.
Ariane is a series of European civilian expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. The name comes from the French spelling of the mythological character Ariadne . France first proposed the Ariane project and it was officially agreed upon at the end of 1973 after discussions between France, Germany and the UK.
This is a list of launches performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane carrier rockets between 2010 and 2019. Since 2004, only the Ariane 5 is in service, operating in the ECA and ES configurations. The last Ariane 5 ES flew in 2018. The ECA version has flown until 2023 and will soon complete the transition to the Ariane 6. [1]
Falcon 9 Block 5, the most prolific active orbital launch system in the world.. This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit.
Ariane 4 44LP 495 Guiana ELA-3: Superbird 4: GTO: Success V-128 21 March 2000 23:28 [4] Ariane 5 G 505 Guiana ELA-3: Insat 3B AsiaStar: GTO: Success V-129 19 April 2000 00:29 [1] [2] Ariane 4 42L-3 496 Guiana ELA-3: Galaxy 4R: GTO: Success V-131 17 August 2000 23:16 [3] Ariane 4 44LP-3 4097 Guiana ELA-3: Brasilsat B4 Nilesat 102: GTO: Success V ...
PARIS (Reuters) -Space launch provider Arianespace on Monday reaffirmed plans to stage the second mission of Europe's Ariane 6 launcher before the end of the year after a glitch that marred the ...
Rockets from the Ariane rocket family have accumulated 260 launches since 1979, 248 of which were successful, yielding a 95.4% success rate. The recently retired Ariane 5, flew 82 consecutive missions without failure between April 2003 and December 2017, but suffered a malfunction during flight VA-241 in January 2018, causing its two satellites to reach an incorrect orbit, and reducing their ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data and specifications. Current, upcoming, and in-development rocket ...