Ariane L5 | MARECS-B and Sirio-2
L5 was Ariane 1's first operational flight. It paired ESA's MARECS-B maritime communications spacecraft with Italy's Sirio-2 satellite for meteorological-data distribution and precision timing experiments.
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- Aliases
- First operational Ariane flightMARECS-B launchSirio-2 launch
- Name
- Ariane L5 | MARECS-B and Sirio-2
- Status
- failed
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- Description
- L5 was Ariane 1's first operational flight. It paired ESA's MARECS-B maritime communications spacecraft with Italy's Sirio-2 satellite for meteorological-data distribution and precision timing experiments.
- End Date
- 1982-09-09
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- The first operational Ariane flight failed before payload deployment, destroying both MARECS-B and Sirio-2.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1982-09-09
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:37:38 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:55:12 UTC
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- Ariane L5 | MARECS-B and Sirio-2 First operational Ariane flight MARECS-B launch Sirio-2 launch
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