List of Ariane launches (2000–2009) explained

This is a list of launches performed by Ariane carrier rockets between 2000 and 2009. During this period, the Ariane 4 was retired from service in favour of the Ariane 5.

Launch statistics

Launch outcomes

Launch history

2000
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-126	25 January 2000 01:04^[1] ^[2]	Ariane 4 42L-3 494	Guiana ELA-3	Galaxy 10R		GTO
V-127	18 February 2000 01:04^[3]	Ariane 4 44LP 495	Guiana ELA-3	Superbird 4		GTO
V-128	21 March 2000 23:28^[4]	Ariane 5 G 505	Guiana ELA-3	Insat 3B AsiaStar		GTO
V-129	19 April 2000 00:29	Ariane 4 42L-3 496	Guiana ELA-3	Galaxy 4R		GTO
V-131	17 August 2000 23:16	Ariane 4 44LP-3 4097	Guiana ELA-3	Brasilsat B4 Nilesat 102		GTO
V-132	6 September 2000 22:33^[5]	Ariane 4 44P 4098	Guiana ELA-3	Eutelsat W1		GTO
V-130	14 September 2000 22:54	Ariane 5 G 506	Guiana ELA-3	Astra 2B GE-7		GTO
V-133	6 October 2000 23:00	Ariane 4 42L-3 4099	Guiana ELA-3	N-SAT 110		GTO
V-134	29 October 2000 05:59	Ariane 4 44LP-3 4100	Guiana ELA-3	EuropeStar F1		GTO
V-135	16 November 2000 01:07	Ariane 5 G 507	Guiana ELA-3	PanAmSat-1R Amsat-P3D STRV 1C STRV 1D		GTO
V-136	21 November 2000 23:56^[6]	Ariane 4 44L-3 4102	Guiana ELA-3	Anik F1		GTO
V-138	20 December 2000 00:26	Ariane 5 G 508	Guiana ELA-3	Astra 2D GE-8 LDREX		GTO
2001
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-137	10 January 2001 22:09	Ariane 4 44P-3 4101	Guiana ELA-3	Turksat 2A		GTO
V-139	7 February 2001 23:05	Ariane 4 44L-3 4103	Guiana ELA-3	Sicral-1 Skynet 4F		GTO
V-140	8 March 2001 22:51	Ariane 5 G 509	Guiana ELA-3	Eurobird-1 BSat-2a		GTO
V-141	9 June 2001 06:45	Ariane 4 44L-3 4104	Guiana ELA-3	Intelsat 901		GTO
V-142	12 July 2001 21:58	Ariane 5 G 510	Guiana ELA-3	Artemis BSat-2b		MEO (achieved)GTO (planned)
Upper stage underperformed, payloads placed in useless orbit. Artemis raised to correct orbit at expense of operational fuel, BSat unrecoverable
V-143	30 August 2001 06:46	Ariane 4 44L-3 4105	Guiana ELA-3	Intelsat 902		GTO
V-144	25 September 2001 23:21	Ariane 4 44P 4106	Guiana ELA-3	Atlantic Bird 2		GTO
V-146	27 November 2001 05:59	Ariane 4 44LP-3 4107	Guiana ELA-3	DirecTV-4S		GTO
2002
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-147	23 January 2002 23:46	Ariane 4 42L-3 4108	Guiana ELA-3	Insat 3C		GTO
Final flight of Ariane 42L-3
V-148	23 February 2002 06:59	Ariane 4 44L 4109	Guiana ELA-3	Intelsat 904		GTO
V-145	1 March 2002 01:07	Ariane 5 G 511	Guiana ELA-3	Envisat		SSO
V-149	29 March 2002 01:29	Ariane 4 44L 4110	Guiana ELA-3	Astra 3A JCSAT-8		GTO
V-150	16 April 2002 23:02	Ariane 4 44L-3 4111	Guiana ELA-3	NSS-7		GTO
V-151	4 May 2002 01:31^[7]	Ariane 4 42P 4112	Guiana ELA-3	SPOT-5 IDEFIX		SSO
V-152	5 June 2002 06:44	Ariane 4 44L 4113	Guiana ELA-3	Intelsat 905		GTO
V-153	5 July 2002 23:22	Ariane 5 G 512	Guiana ELA-3	Stellat-5 NStar-C		GTO
V-155	28 August 2002 22:45	Ariane 5 G 513	Guiana ELA-3	Atlantic Bird 1 MSG-1 MFD		GTO
V-154	6 September 2002 06:44	Ariane 4 44L 4114	Guiana ELA-3	Intelsat 906		GTO
V-157	11 December 2002 22:22	Ariane 5 ECA 517	Guiana ELA-3	Hot Bird 7 Stentor MFD-A MFD-B		GTO (planned)
Maiden flight of Ariane 5ECA, first stage engine failure, destroyed by range safety
V-156	17 December 2002 23:04	Ariane 4 44L 4115	Guiana ELA-3	NSS-6		GTO
2003
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-159	15 February 2003 07:00	Ariane 4 44L 4116	Guiana ELA-3	Intelsat 907		GTO
Final flight of Ariane 4
V-160	9 April 2003 22:52	Ariane 5 G 514	Guiana ELA-3	Insat 3A Galaxy 12		GTO
V-161	11 June 2003 22:38	Ariane 5 G 515	Guiana ELA-3	Optus C1 BSat 2c		GTO
V-162	27 September 2003 23:14	Ariane 5 G 516	Guiana ELA-3	Insat 3E eBird-1 SMART-1		GTO
Final flight of Ariane 5G
2004
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-158	2 March 2004 07:17	Ariane 5 G+ 518	Guiana ELA-3	Rosetta		Heliocentric
Maiden flight of Ariane 5G+
V-163	18 July 2004 00:44	Ariane 5 G+ 519	Guiana ELA-3	Anik F3		GTO
V-165	18 December 2004 16:26	Ariane 5 G+ 520	Guiana ELA-3	Helios 2A Essaim-1 Essaim-2 Essaim-3 Essaim-4 PARASOL Nanosat 01		SSO
Final flight of Ariane 5G+
2005
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-164	12 February 2005 21:03	Ariane 5 ECA 521	Guiana ELA-3	XTAR-EUR Maqsat-B2 Sloshsat-FLEVO		GTO
V-166	11 August 2005 08:20	Ariane 5 GS 523	Guiana ELA-3	iPStar-1		GTO
Maiden flight of Ariane 5GS
V-168	13 October 2005 22:32	Ariane 5 GS 524	Guiana ELA-3	Syracuse 3A Galaxy 15		GTO
V-167	16 November 2005 23:46	Ariane 5 ECA 522	Guiana ELA-3	Spaceway-2 Telkom-2		GTO
V-169	21 December 2005 23:33	Ariane 5 GS 525	Guiana ELA-3	Insat 4A MSG-2		GTO
2006
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-170	11 March 2006 22:33	Ariane 5 ECA 527	Guiana ELA-3	Spainsat Hot Bird 7A		GTO
V-171	27 May 2006 21:09	Ariane 5 ECA 529	Guiana ELA-3	Satmex-6 Thaicom-5		GTO
V-172	11 August 2006 22:15	Ariane 5 ECA 531	Guiana ELA-3	JCSAT-10 Syracuse 3B		GTO
V-173	13 October 2006 20:56	Ariane 5 ECA 533	Guiana ELA-3	DirecTV-9S Optus D1 LDREX-2		GTO
V-174	8 December 2006 22:08	Ariane 5 ECA 534	Guiana ELA-3	WildBlue-1 AMC-18		GTO
2007
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-175	11 March 2007 22:03	Ariane 5 ECA 535	Guiana ELA-3	Skynet 5A Insat 4B		GTO
V-176	4 May 2007 22:29	Ariane 5 ECA 536	Guiana ELA-3	Astra 1L Galaxy 17		GTO
V-177	14 August 2007 23:44	Ariane 5 ECA 537	Guiana ELA-3	Spaceway-3 BSat-3A		GTO
V-178	5 October 2007 22:02	Ariane 5 GS 526	Guiana ELA-3	Intelsat 11 Optus D2		GTO
V-179	14 November 2007 22:03	Ariane 5 ECA 538	Guiana ELA-3	Skynet 5B Star One C1		GTO
V-180	21 December 2007 21:41	Ariane 5 GS 530	Guiana ELA-3	Rascom-QAF1 Horizons-2		GTO
2008
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-181	9 March 2008 04:03	Ariane 5 ES 528	Guiana ELA-3	Jules Verne ATV		LEO
Maiden flight of Ariane 5ES
V-182	18 April 2008 22:17	Ariane 5 ECA 539	Guiana ELA-3	Star One C2 Vinasat-1		GTO
V-183	12 June 2008 22:05	Ariane 5 ECA 540	Guiana ELA-3	Skynet 5C Turksat 3A		GTO
V-184	7 July 2008 21:47	Ariane 5 ECA 541	Guiana ELA-3	ProtoStar-1 Badr-6		GTO
V-185	14 August 2008 20:44	Ariane 5 ECA 542	Guiana ELA-3	Superbird-7 AMC-21		GTO
V-186	20 December 2008 22:35	Ariane 5 ECA 543	Guiana ELA-3	Hot Bird 9 Eutelsat W2M		GTO
2009
Flight №	Date Time (UTC)	Serial №	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customers	Launch outcome
V-187	12 February 2009 22:09	Ariane 5 ECA 545	Guiana ELA-3	Hot Bird 10 NSS-9 Spirale-A Spirale-B		GTO
V-188	14 May 2009 13:12	Ariane 5 ECA 546	Guiana ELA-3	Herschel Space Observatory Planck		Sun-Earth point
V-189	1 July 2009 19:52	Ariane 5 ECA 547	Guiana ELA-3	TerreStar-1		GTO
V-190	21 August 2009 22:09	Ariane 5 ECA 548	Guiana ELA-3	JCSAT-12 Optus D3		GTO
V-191	1 October 2009 21:59	Ariane 5 ECA 549	Guiana ELA-3	Amazonas 2 COMSATBw-1		GTO
V-192	29 October 2009 20:00	Ariane 5 ECA 550	Guiana ELA-3	NSS-12 Thor-6		GTO
V-193	18 December 2009 16:26	Ariane 5 GS 532	Guiana ELA-3	Helios 2B		SSO
Final flight of Ariane 5GS

References

• Encyclopedia: Ariane. https://web.archive.org/web/20080907201014/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/ariane.htm. dead. 7 September 2008. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Mark. Wade.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080907201014/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/ariane.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica - Ariane
2. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/ariane-42l_h10-3.htm Gunter's Space Page - Ariane-42L H10+
3. Web site: Ariane 44LP. Encyclopedia Astronautica. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150302200517/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/arie44lp.htm. 2 March 2015.
4. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/ariane5.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica - Ariane 5
5. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/arine44p.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica - Ariane 44P
6. Web site: Ariane 44L. Encyclopedia Astronautica. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150302201545/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/arine44l.htm. 2 March 2015.
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20020313134647/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/arine42p.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica - Ariane 42P