Date

Launcher

Payload(s)

Comments

12/20/08

Ariane ECA

HOT BIRD™ 9 and W2M

Arianespace completes another successful year with Ariane 5’s 28th consecutive success

08/14/08

Ariane ECA

Superbird-7 & AMC-21

9th mission of an Ariane 5 performed during a 12-month period

07/07/08

Ariane ECA

ProtoStar I & BADR-6

40th Ariane 5 launch; the fourth mission in 2008

06/12/08

Ariane ECA

Skynet 5C & Turksat 3A

25th success in a row for Ariane 5

04/18/08

Ariane ECA

Star One C2 & VINASAT-1

38th Ariane 5 launch; 24th success in a row

03/09/08

Ariane ES

Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)

The first mission for Arianespace and Ariane 5 in support of the International Space Station

Date

Launcher

Payload(s)

Comments

12/21/07

Ariane GS

Horizons-2 & RASCOM-QAF1

A record for Ariane 5: six launches in one year

11/14/07

Ariane ECA

Star One C1 & Skynet 5B

A new payload weight record for Ariane 5

10/05/07

Ariane GS

Intelsat 11 & Optus D2

34th Ariane 5 launch, 20th success in a row

08/14/07

Ariane ECA

SPACEWAY 3 & BSAT-3a

The first launch for Hughes Network Systems; 38th Lockheed Martin-built platform orbited by Arianespace

05/04/07

Ariane ECA

ASTRA 1L & Galaxy 17

The 26th SES family satellite launched by Ariane, and the 45th for Intelsat since 1983

03/11/07

Ariane ECA

Skynet 5A & INSAT 4B

Arianespace opens another year of commercial launch services with Ariane 5

Date

Launcher

Payload(s)

Comments

12/27/06

Soyuz (Starsem)

COROT

A successful inaugural flight of the enhanced Soyuz 2-1b launcher

12/08/06

Ariane ECA

WildBlue-1 & AMC-18

Ariane 5's fifth mission of 2006, and the launcher's 16th consecutive success

10/13/06

Ariane 5 ECA

DIRECTV 9S / Optus D1 / LDREX-2

29th Ariane 5 launch

08/11/06

Ariane 5 ECA

JCSAT-10 & Syracuse 3B

14th consecutive success for Ariane 5

05/27/06

Ariane 5 ECA

Satmex 6 & Thaicom 5

A record-setting dual-satellite payload of more than 8,200 kg. delivered to GTO

03/11/06

Ariane 5 ECA

HOT BIRD™ 7A & SPAINSAT

First Ariane 5 manufactured under complete control of prime contractor EADS Space Transportation

Date

Launcher

             Payload(s)

Comments

12/21/05

Ariane 5G

INSAT 4A & MSG-2

Another year of back-to-back Ariane 5 launch successes

11/16/05

Ariane 5 ECA

Spaceway 2 & Telkom 2

Record payload into orbit

10/13/05

Ariane 5G

Syracuse 3A & Galaxy 15

08/14/05

Soyuz-Fregat

Galaxy 14

Payload switched from Ariane 5 as part of launcher family cooperation between Arianespace & Starsem

08/11/05

Ariane 5G

THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR)

Heaviest commercial satellite ever delivered to geosynchronous orbit

02/12/05

Ariane 5 ECA

XTAR-EUR / Sloshsat / Maqsat-B2 test package

Successful commercial service entry for the increased performance Ariane 5 ECA

Date

Launcher

             Payload(s)

Comments

12/18/04

Ariane 5G

Helios IIA + six supplemental payloads

07/17/04

Ariane 5G

Anik F2

Anik F2 is the heaviest commercial telecom satellite ever launched

03/02/04

Ariane 5G 

Rosetta

Date

Launcher

Payload(s)

Comments

12/28/03

Soyuz/Fregat

AMOS 2

Joint mission with Starsem

09/27/03

Ariane 5G

INSAT 3E / e-BIRD™/ SMART-1

Three-satellite mission, with SYLDA 5 and special-purpose payload dispensers

06/11/03

Ariane 5G

Optus Defence C1 & BSAT-2c

04/09/03

Ariane 5G

INSAT 3A & GALAXY XII

02/15/03

Ariane 44L

Intelsat 907

Ariane 4's final mission

Date

Launcher

Payload(s)

Comments

12/17/02

Ariane 44L

NSS-6

12/11/02

Ariane 5*

HOT BIRD™7 & STENTOR

Launch failure

09/06/02

Ariane 44L 

Intelsat 906

08/28/02

Ariane 5

ATLANTIC BIRD™1 & MSG 1

Dual payload of telecom& weather satellites

07/05/02

Ariane 5

Stellat 5 & N-STAR c

06/05/02

Ariane 44L

Intelsat 905

05/03/02

Ariane 42P

Spot 5

Spot 5 is 200th payload launched by Arianespace

04/16/02

Ariane 44L

NSS-7

The 150th flight of an Ariane launcher

03/28/02

Ariane 44L

JCSAT-8 & ASTRA 3A

Two Boeing-built satellites

02/28/02

Ariane 5

Envisat

Payload weight and size record for Arianespace

02/23/02

Ariane 44L

Intelsat 904

01/23/02

Ariane 42L

INSAT-3C

66th consecutive successful Ariane 4 flight; world's first commercial space launch of 2002

Date

Launcher

Payload(s)

Comments

11/26/01

Ariane 44LP

DirecTV-4S

09/25/01

Ariane 44P

Atlantic Bird 2

15th Ariane launch of a Eutelsat satellite

08/30/01

Ariane 44L

Intelsat 902

19th Intelsat payload launched by Ariane

07/12/01

Ariane 5*

Artemis & BSAT-2b

Lower than expected orbit

06/07/01

Ariane 44L

Intelsat 901

Intelsat's first Intelsat IX series satellite

03/08/01

Ariane 5

Eurobird & BSAT-2a

02/07/01

Ariane 44L

Skynet 4F & Sicral

First dual military satellite payload carried on the same Ariane

01/10/01

Ariane 44P

Türksat 2A & Eurasiasat 1

First launch of 2001

Date

Launcher

Payload(s)

Comments

12/19/00

Ariane 5

Astra 2D / GE-8 / Aurora III / LDREX

Another year of 100 percent successful launches

11/12/00

Ariane 44L

Anik F 1

Fourth Canadian satellite to be launched by Arianespace; second Ariane mission in six days.

11/15/00

Ariane 5

PAS 1R ( Amsat P3D, STRV 1D)

First use the Ariane 5 ASAP platform for auxiliary payloads; initial launch from the no. 2 Ariane 5 mobile launch table. 100th Ariane 4 launched.

10/29/00

Ariane 44LP

Europe*Star 1

100th Ariane 4 launched

10/06/00

Ariane 42L

N-SAT-110

14th Japanese satellite launched by Arianepace.

09/14/00

Ariane 5

Astra 2B & GE-7

Sixth mission of the Ariane 5 launcher

09/06/00

Ariane 44P

Eutelsat W1

13th Eutelsat satellite carried by Ariane

08/17/00

Ariane 44LP

Brasilsat B4 & Nilesat 102

55th consecutive successful launch of an Ariane 4

04/18/00

Ariane 42L

Galaxy IVR

03/21/00

Ariane 5

AsiaStar & Insat 3B

02/17/00

Ariane 44LP 

SUPERBIRD-4

01/24/00

Ariane 42L 

Galaxy XR