Mission status

Latest milestones

December 20, 2008
Arianespace wraps up another year of on-target Ariane 5 launches, orbiting the HOT BIRD™ 9 and W2M satellites for the Eutelsat telecommunications provider.
December 4, 2008
Arianespace wins its 86th launch contract in the United States, signing a Services & Solutions agreement to orbit the ViaSat-1 satellite for ViaSat Inc.
October 17, 2008
SES commits to three new primary launch services using Ariane under a Multi Launch Agreement (MLA) signed in June 2007. The commitment covers three satellites to be orbited by Ariane 5 between 2009 and 2012.

Next mission		Previous mission
Launch date:	February 12, 2009	Launch date:	December 20, 2008
Launcher version:	Ariane 5 ECA	Launcher version:	Ariane 5 ECA
Payload(s):	HOT BIRD™ 10 NSS-9 2 Spirale auxiliary passengers	Payload(s):	HOT BIRD™ 9 and W2M
Customer(s):	EUTELSAT for HOT BIRD™ 10 SES NEWSKIES for NSS-9 EADS Astrium for the Spirale auxiliary passengers (acting on behalf of the DGA French defense procurement agency)	Customer(s):	Eutelsat for HOT BIRD™ 9 and W2M
Mission:	TV Broadcasting for HOT BIRD™ 10 Telecommunications for NSS-9 For Spirale auxiliary passengers: demonstrators for a defense spaceborne optical early warning system	Mission:	For HOT BIRD™ 9: Digital and high-definition TV broadcasting For W2M: Television broadcasting, data networks and broadband services
Payload prime contractor(s):	ASTRIUM for HOT BIRD™ 10 ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION for NSS-9 EADS Astrium for the Spirale auxiliary passengers (acting on behalf of the DGA French defense procurement agency)	Payload prime contractor(s):	Astrium, on behalf of Eutelsat for HOT BIRD™ 9 Astrium/ISRO, on behalf of Eutelsat for W2M
		Success

Date	Launcher	Payload(s)
December 20, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	HOT BIRD™ 9 and W2M
August 14, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Superbird-7 & AMC-21
July 7, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	ProtoStar I & BADR-6
June 12, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Skynet 5C & Turksat 3A
April 18, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Star One C2 & VINASAT-1
March 9, 2008	Ariane 5 ES	Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
December 21, 2007	Ariane 5 GS	Horizons-2 and RASCOM-QAF1
November 14, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	Star One C1 and Skynet 5B
October 5, 2007	Ariane 5 GS	Intelsat 11 and Optus D2
August 14, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	SPACEWAY 3 and BSAT-3a
May 4, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	ASTRA 1L and Galaxy 17
March 11, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	Skynet 5A and INSAT 4B
December 27, 2006	Soyuz (Starsem)	COROT
December 8, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	AMC-18 and WildBlue-1
October 13, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	DIRECTV 9S, Optus D1 and LDREX-2
August 11, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	JCSAT-10 & Syracuse 3B
May 27, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	Satmex 6 & Thaicom 5
March 11, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	HOT BIRD 7A & SPAINSAT
December 21, 2005	Ariane 5 G	INSAT 4A & MSG-2
November 16, 2005	Ariane 5 ECA	Spaceway 2 & Telkom 2
October 13, 2005	Ariane 5 G	Syracuse 3A & Galaxy 15
August 14, 2005	Soyuz/Fregat	Galaxy 14
August 11, 2005	Ariane 5 G	THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR)
February 12, 2005	Ariane 5 ECA	XTAR-EUR and test payload
December 18, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Helios IIA and six supplemental payloads
July 17, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Anik F2
March 2, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Rosetta