Ariane 5
Ariane 5 was Europe's retired heavy-lift expendable launch-vehicle family, flown 117 times from the Guiana Space Centre between 1996 and 2023. Its G, G+, GS, ECA, and ES configurations served commercial communications, Earth observation, navigation, station logistics, and deep-space missions including Rosetta, BepiColombo, James Webb, and Juice.
Identity
- Aliases
- Ariane-5A5Ariane 5 launch vehicle family
- Family Name
- Ariane 5
- Full Name
- Ariane 5
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- ariane-5
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Ariane 5 was Europe's retired heavy-lift expendable launch-vehicle family, flown 117 times from the Guiana Space Centre between 1996 and 2023. Its G, G+, GS, ECA, and ES configurations served commercial communications, Earth observation, navigation, station logistics, and deep-space missions including Rosetta, BepiColombo, James Webb, and Juice.
- Diameter M
- 5.4
- First Flight Year
- 1,996
- Last Flight Year
- 2,023
- Operator Id
- jd7am12wxsxa80t9ra90yhvbfh7kpqnn
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7r28c9b71macyarvc7dy11ks8aehek
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 2
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 9:15:55 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:02:23 AM