Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 ECA was the principal high-performance commercial configuration and the most-flown Ariane 5 variant. It combined an uprated Vulcain 2 core and enhanced solid boosters with the cryogenic HM7B-powered ESC-A upper stage, flying 84 missions from 2002 through Ariane 5's retirement in 2023.
Identity
- Aliases
- Ariane-5 ECAA5 ECAAriane 5 Evolution Cryogenic A
- Family Name
- Ariane 5
- Full Name
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- ariane-5-eca
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- ECA
Details
- Description
- Ariane 5 ECA was the principal high-performance commercial configuration and the most-flown Ariane 5 variant. It combined an uprated Vulcain 2 core and enhanced solid boosters with the cryogenic HM7B-powered ESC-A upper stage, flying 84 missions from 2002 through Ariane 5's retirement in 2023.
- Diameter M
- 5.4
- Engines
- Count
- 1
- Name
- Vulcain 2
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- HM7B
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,002
- Height M
- 53
- Last Flight Year
- 2,023
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 780,000
- Operator Id
- jd7am12wxsxa80t9ra90yhvbfh7kpqnn
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7zty07j2pne97kntvg9e4dhx8aenf4
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 10,000
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 2
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- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:02:50 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 7:02:50 AM