Ariane 5 ECA

Ariane family · built by ArianeGroup · maiden flight 2002-12-11

Profile data last updated: 2026-08-15T20:08:04.839063+00:00 | 7531-09-01

Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.

Specifications

57.7 mLength

5.4 mDiameter

780 tLaunch mass

11400 kNLiftoff thrust

10500 kgTo GTO

As reported by Launch Library 2 across this rocket's entire history, not just the launches tracked on this site.

73Total launches

71Successful

2Failed

0Upcoming

73In our archive

97.3%Success rate

Dec 11, 2002 22:21 UTCEarliest tracked

Jan 16, 2020 21:05 UTCMost recent

Mission	Date	Status
Ariane 5 ECA \| Eutelsat Konnect & GSAT-30	Jan 16, 2020 21:05 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)	Nov 26, 2019 21:23 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| Eutelsat 7C & AT&T T-16	Jun 20, 2019 21:43 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 & GSAT-31	Feb 05, 2019 21:01 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| GSAT-11 & GEO-KOMPSAT-2A	Dec 04, 2018 20:37 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| BepiColombo	Oct 20, 2018 01:45 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e	Sep 25, 2018 22:38 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| DSN 1 & HYLAS 4	Apr 05, 2018 21:34 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| Al Yah 3 & SES-14	Jan 25, 2018 22:20 UTC	Partial Failure
Ariane 5 ECA \| Intelsat 37e & BSAT-4a	Sep 29, 2017 21:56 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| Hellas Sat 3 (Inmarsat S EAN) & GSAT-17	Jun 28, 2017 21:15 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| ViaSat-2 & EUTELSAT 172B	Jun 01, 2017 23:45 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| SGDC 1 & Koreasat 7	May 04, 2017 21:50 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S	Feb 14, 2017 21:39 UTC	Success
Ariane 5 ECA \| Star One D1 & JCSAT-15	Dec 21, 2016 20:30 UTC	Success