RetiredArianespace / ESAFirst Launch: 1996-06-04
Ariane 5
European heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle that launched most of Europe's major science and telecom missions from 1996 to 2023, including the James Webb Space Telescope.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
117
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
112
5 failures
SUCCESS RATE
95.7%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
Arianespace / ESAFeatured Photography
Orbital Launch Vehicle
Orbit Deck Space Catalog
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: Arianespace / ESAVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 52 m
- Body Diameter
- 5.4 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 777 t
- Stages Count
- 2
- Fairing Diameter
- 5.4 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 20 t
- GTO Capacity
- 10.9 t
- Cost per Launch
- $178,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$8,900 / kg
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
2 photos & renders of Ariane 5
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LiftoffOrbital Launch Vehicle
Commercial orbital rocket ascending from coastal launch range.
Orbit Deck Space Catalog
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PadLaunch Pad Gantry
Orbital launch mount and ground support umbilical tower.
Orbit Deck Aerospace
SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Ariane 5.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.