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Arianespace Ariane 5
Ariane 5 is a retired European heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle that flew 117 missions between 1996 and 2023 from the ELA-3 pad at Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana.[1] The vehicle comprised a cryogenic core stage (Vulcain 2 engine, LH2/LOX), two solid strap-on boosters, and either a cryogenic upper stage (ESC-A, HM-7B engine) or a storable upper stage (EPS, Aestus engine), with a 5.4 m diameter fairing.[2][3]
The primary commercial variant, Ariane 5 ECA, carried up to 9,600 kg to GTO on a dual-manifest; later ECA+ batches (PB and PC series) raised GTO capacity to approximately 10,200 kg[3]; higher figures of 10,865-11,115 kg appear in other records and may reflect different manifest configurations.[1] LEO capacity reached 21,000 kg to low-inclination orbit.[3] The vehicle's final flight was on 2023-07-05.[1] Notable EO payloads carried include Envisat (2002), Jason-1 (2001), METOP-A (2006), and the Meteosat Second Generation series.[2][1]
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- [1]Ariane 5 - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-16
- [2]Ariane 5 - ESAagency doc2026-06-16
- [3]Ariane-5 - Gunter's Space Pagecommunity2026-06-16
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Arianespace Ariane 5. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/launch_services/arianespace-ariane-5 (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:launch_services:arianespace-ariane-5,
title = {Arianespace Ariane 5},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/launch_services/arianespace-ariane-5}
}