List of Ariane launches (2020–2029)

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This is a list of launches performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane launch vehicles between 2020 and 2029. During this time, the Ariane 5 will be retired in favour of the Ariane 6 rocket.

Launch statistics[]

Rocket configurations[]

0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
'21
'22
'23
'27
'28
'29
  •   Ariane 5 ECA
  •   Ariane 62
  •   Ariane 64

Launch outcomes[]

0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
2020
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
'26
'27
'28
'29
  •   Failure
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
  •   Planned

Launch history[]

Source: Arianespace Press Kits [1]

2020[]

Flight No. Date
Time (UTC)
Rocket type
Serial No.
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA251 16 January 2020
21:05
Ariane 5 ECA
5110
Kourou
ELA-3
Eutelsat Konnect
GSAT-30
6,976 kg GTO Eutelsat
ISRO
Success
Eutelsat communications satellite and ISRO communications satellite.
VA252 18 February 2020
22:18
Ariane 5 ECA
5111
Kourou
ELA-3
JCSAT-17
9,236 kg GTO SKY Perfect JSAT
KARI
Success
SKY Perfect JSAT communications satellite and KARI meteorological satellite.
VA253 15 August 2020
22:04
Ariane 5 ECA
5112
Kourou
ELA-3
Galaxy 30
MEV-2
BSAT-4b
9,703 kg GTO Intelsat
Northrop Grumman
BSAT
Success
Flight VA253 was planned to launch in June 2020.[2] However, launch campaign activities were significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To prevent the spread in French Guiana and protect Centre Spatial Guyanais employees, all launch activities were suspended on 16 March 2020.[3][4][5] Operations for Vega flight VV16 and Ariane 5 flight VA253 could not resume until 28 April 2020.[6][7][8] VA253 activities were listed among the top priorities at the reopening of the Guiana Space Center on 11 May 2020.[9] The launch was rescheduled for end of July 2020[7][10][11] to place the satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit from which they will eventually be placed into geostationary orbit through their own propulsion. The flight was again aborted on 28 July 2020, due to a "red" warning in the system, resulting from a sensor problem related to LH2 tank on the core stage.

American satellite operator Intelsat and Japanese Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) are the customers for Ariane flight VA253.[12][13]

Galaxy 30 is a communications satellite built by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK) on the GEOStar-2 platform for Intelsat. It has C-band, Ku-band, Ka-band payloads, as well as a WAAS payload for a mass of 3,325 kilograms (7,330 lb).[14] Built in satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, it will primarily serve video markets in North America.[15] As per Intelsat/Arianespace contract announced in January 2018,[16] Galaxy 30 would share the upper berth of the Ariane 5 ECA rocket with MEV-2, which is a Northrop Grumman second satellite servicing vehicle, identical to MEV-1. With a mass of 2,326 kilograms (5,128 lb), it would begin a five-year mission to extend the lifetime of Intelsat 10-02.[17] MEV-2 received FCC authorization on 25 March 2020.[18]

BSAT-4b is the second communications satellite of the fourth generation B-SAT, built by SSL (company) on its SSL 1300 platform. It has 24 Ku-band transponders and mass of 3,520 kilograms (7,760 lb).[19]

2021[]

Flight No. Date
Time (UTC)
Rocket type
Serial No.
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA254 30 July 2021
21:00
Ariane 5 ECA
5113
Kourou
ELA-3
Eutelsat Quantum
Star One D2
10,515 kg GTO Eutelsat
Star One
Success
Brazilian Satellite operator Embratel and European Eutelsat were customers on the VA254 flight.[20]

Eutelsat Quantum is a European re-programmable telecommunications satellite equipped with Ku-band payload, developed in a public-private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA), Eutelsat and Airbus Defence and Space.[17] It had a launch mass of approximately 3,461 kilograms (7,630 lb) and a design lifetime of 15 years.[21]

Star One D2 is a telecommunications satellite equipped with C-, Ku-, Ka- and X-band payloads for high-speed telecommunications, television broadcast and fast broadband in South America, Mexico, Central America, and parts of the Atlantic Ocean.[14] It had a launch mass of approximately 6,190 kilograms (13,650 lb) and a design lifetime of 15 years.[21]

The target orbit was a geosynchronous transfer orbit with an apogee altitude of 250 kilometres (160 mi) and a perigee altitude of 35,726 kilometres (22,199 mi), at an inclination of 3°.[21]

The mission was planned to last 36 minutes and 24 seconds.[21][a]

VA255 24 October 2021
02:10
Ariane 5 ECA
5115
Kourou
ELA-3
SES-17
Syracuse 4A
10,264 kg GTO SES S.A.
DGA
Success
SES S.A. communications satellite and Direction générale de l'armement military communications satellite.
VA256 25 December 2021
12:20
Ariane 5 ECA
5114
Kourou
ELA-3
James Webb Space Telescope 6,161.4 kg Sun–Earth L2 NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI Success
James Webb Space Telescope.

Future launches[]

Date
Time (UTC)
Rocket type
Serial No.
Payload Orbit Customers Launch
status
February 2022 [23][24] ECA
GTO
Planned
June 2022 [25] ECA GTO Planned
H1 2022 [26][27] ECA Eutelsat Konnect VHTS[b][28] GTO Eutelsat Planned
H1 2022 [27] ECA GTO
  • Eutelsat
Planned
September 2022 [29][30] ECA GTO Intelsat Planned
Q4 2022 [31][32] ECA MTG-I1[b][33] GTO EUMETSAT Planned
H2 2022 [27][34] ECA [b] GTO Eutelsat Planned
2022 [35] ECA Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2)[b][36] GTO DGA Planned
April 2023[37] ECA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) Heliocentric ESA Scheduled
2023 [38][39] ECA (H2Sat)[b][40] GTO DLR Planned
  1. ^ Statistics for flight VA254:[22]
    • 330th Arianespace launch (6th in 2021)
    • 254th Ariane launch (1st in 2021)
    • 110th Ariane 5 launch (1st in 2021)
    • 947th and 948th satellites put in orbit by Arianespace (151st and 152nd in 2021)
    • 12th Embratel satellite launched by Arianespace
    • 36th Eutelsat satellite launched by Arianespace
    • 85th consecutive rated operation of the Vulcain 2 engine
    • 110th consecutive rated operation of the EAP solid rocket boosters
    • 150th consecutive rated operation of the HM7B engine
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Future Ariane 5 GTO payloads still need to be paired
Date
Time (UTC)
Rocket type
Serial No.
Payload Orbit Customers Launch
status
Late 2022[41] Ariane 62 TBA LEO TBA Planned
NET 2022[42] Ariane 64 ALINA[43] TLI PTScientists Planned
NET 2022[44][45] Ariane 62 CSO 3[46] LEO CNES / DGA Planned
NET 2022[47][48] Ariane 64 ViaSat-3 EMEA [49][50] GTO ViaSat Planned
March 2023[51][52] Ariane 64 Galaxy 37 GTO Intelsat Planned
Q3 2023[53] Ariane 64 Multi-Launch Service Proof of Concept (MLS POC) rideshare mission GTO Skyloom,[54][55] TBA Planned
H2 2023[56] Ariane 64 Optus-11 GTO Optus Planned
2023[57] Ariane 6 Electra GTO SES S.A. / ESA Planned
2023[58][59][60] Ariane 62 Galileo FOC FM 29, 30 MEO ESA Planned
Q1 2024[53] Ariane 64 MLS #2 rideshare mission LEO TBA Planned
H1 2024[61][62] Ariane 64 MTG-S1[63] GTO EUMETSAT Planned
October 2024[64] Ariane 64 Hera / / Heliocentric ESA Scheduled
Q4 2024[53] Ariane 64 MLS #3 rideshare mission LEO TBA Planned
2024[60] Ariane 62 Galileo FOC FM 31, 32 MEO ESA Planned
2024[65] Ariane 6 Galileo G2 1 MEO ESA Planned
Q3 2025[53] Ariane 64 MLS #4 (GO-1) rideshare mission[66] GEO ESA Planned
Q3 2025[53] Ariane 64 MLS #5 rideshare mission SSO TBA Planned
Q4 2025[53] Ariane 64 MLS #6 "Highway to the Moon" lunar rideshare mission[67][68] TLI TBA Planned
H2 2025[61][62] Ariane 64[69] MTG-I2[70] GTO EUMETSAT Planned
2025[60] Ariane 62 Galileo FOC FM 33, 34 MEO ESA Planned
October 2026[71][72] Ariane 6 Earth Return Orbiter Areocentric ESA Planned
2026[73] Ariane 62[74] PLATO Sun–Earth L2 ESA Planned
2027[75][76] Ariane 64 Heracles EL3 TLI ESA Planned
2029[77] Ariane 62 ARIEL Sun–Earth L2 ESA Planned
2034[78] Ariane 64[79] Athena Sun–Earth L2,
Halo orbit
ESA Planned

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