Ariane 5 was Europe’s principal launch system for more than a quarter century, flying 117 times between 1996 and 2023 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Notable payloads include ESA’s comet-chasing Rosetta mission, a dozen of Europe’s Galileo navigation satellites – orbited by just three launches – and the James Webb Space ...

2023年7月5日 · Europe's Ariane 5 rocket launched for the final time today (July 5) after 27 years of service, sending two communications satellites to orbit.

2023年7月6日 · The Ariane-5, Europe's heavy-lift rocket, has flown its final mission. The vehicle, which has underpinned the continent's access to space for nearly three decades, ended its career by taking up...

2023年7月6日 · After 27 years and 117 missions, ESA's heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket has launched into retirement with the successful lift off of Flight VA261 on July 5, 2023 at 22:00 GMT from the Centre...

Ariane 5 was developed by the European Space Agency to replace Arianespace's Ariane 4 commercial satellite launcher. The big rocket was originally sized to launch a pair of satellites each weighing 2 to 3 metric tons (tonnes) to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).

Ariane 5 is today the world reference for launcher reliability, with a near-perfect mission success rate, and its modular (single/dual/multiple launch) capacity enables it to respond to a wide scope of mission specifications from classic communication satellites …

2018年9月26日 · The first successful launch of an Ariane 5 ECA took place on 12 February 2005, setting in motion a string of lifting records for commercial payloads. On 27 May 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA rocket set the commercial payload record of 8200 kg.

2023年7月6日 · Europe’s venerable Ariane 5 rocket blasted off on its 117th and final flight Wednesday, successfully boosting two communications satellites into orbit but leaving the European space program...

2019年2月5日 · Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift rocket that is designed to take satellites and other payloads into geostationary transfer orbit or low-Earth orbit. The rocket is operated and marketed by...

ESA’s Ariane 5 ECA (Evolved Cryogenic, model A), manufactured by ArianeGroup, completed over 75 launches from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana since 2002. It was 53 m high and 5.4 m diameter with a mass at liftoff of 780 tonnes for a dual satellite launch.