List of Ariane launches (2020–2029)

Main article: List of Ariane launches

This is a list of launches performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane launch vehicles between 2020 and 2029. During this time, the Ariane 5 was retired in favour of the Ariane 6 rocket.

List of Ariane launches
1979–1989 · 1990–1999 · 2000–2009 · 2010–2019 · 2020–2029

There are five Ariane 6 launches planned for 2025, with an eventual ramp to nine or ten launches per year.^[1]

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

0.6

1.2

1.8

2.4

3

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

'27

'28

'29

•   Ariane 5 ECA+
•   Ariane 62
•   Ariane 64

Launch outcomes & planned launches

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

'26

'27

'28

'29

•   Failure
•   Partial failure
•   Success
•   Planned

Launch history

Ariane 5 (2020–2023)

Flight No.	Date and Time (UTC)	Version, Serial No.	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
VA251	16 January 2020 21:05	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5110	Guiana, ELA‑3	Eutelsat Konnect GSAT-30	6,976 kg	GTO	Eutelsat ISRO	Success[citation needed]
	Eutelsat communications satellite and ISRO communications satellite.
VA252	18 February 2020 22:18	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5111	Guiana, ELA‑3	JCSAT-17 GEO-KOMPSAT 2B	9,236 kg	GTO	SKY Perfect JSAT KARI	Success[citation needed]
	SKY Perfect JSAT communications satellite and KARI meteorological satellite.
VA253	15 August 2020 22:04	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5112	Guiana, ELA‑3	Galaxy 30 MEV-2 BSAT-4b	9,703 kg	GTO	Intelsat Northrop Grumman BSAT	Success
	Flight VA253 was planned to launch in June 2020.[2] However, launch campaign activities were significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To prevent the spread in French Guiana and protect Centre Spatial Guyanais employees, all launch activities were suspended on 16 March 2020.[3][4][5] Operations for Vega flight VV16 and Ariane 5 flight VA253 could not resume until 28 April 2020.[6][7][8] VA253 activities were listed among the top priorities at the reopening of the Guiana Space Center on 11 May 2020.[9] The launch was rescheduled for end of July 2020[7][10][11] to place the satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit from which they will eventually be placed into geostationary orbit through their own propulsion. The flight was again aborted on 28 July 2020, due to a "red" warning in the system, resulting from a sensor problem related to LH2 tank on the core stage. American satellite operator Intelsat and Japanese Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) are the customers for Ariane flight VA253.[12][13] Galaxy 30 is a communications satellite built by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK) on the GEOStar-2 platform for Intelsat. It has C-band, Ku-band, Ka-band payloads, as well as a WAAS payload for a mass of 3,325 kilograms (7,330 lb).[14] Built in satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, it will primarily serve video markets in North America.[15] As per Intelsat/Arianespace contract announced in January 2018,[16] Galaxy 30 would share the upper berth of the Ariane 5 ECA rocket with MEV-2, which is a Northrop Grumman second satellite servicing vehicle, identical to MEV-1. With a mass of 2,326 kilograms (5,128 lb), it would begin a five-year mission to extend the lifetime of Intelsat 10-02.[17] MEV-2 received FCC authorization on 25 March 2020.[18] BSAT-4b is the second communications satellite of the fourth generation B-SAT, built by SSL (company) on its SSL 1300 platform. It has 24 Ku-band transponders and mass of 3,520 kilograms (7,760 lb).[19]
VA254	30 July 2021 21:00	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5113	Guiana, ELA‑3	Eutelsat Quantum Star One D2	10,515 kg	GTO	Eutelsat Star One	Success
	Brazilian Satellite operator Embratel and European Eutelsat were customers on the VA254 flight.[20] Eutelsat Quantum is a European re-programmable telecommunications satellite equipped with Ku-band payload, developed in a public-private partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA), Eutelsat and Airbus Defence and Space.[17] It had a launch mass of approximately 3,461 kilograms (7,630 lb) and a design lifetime of 15 years.[21] Star One D2 is a telecommunications satellite equipped with C-, Ku-, Ka- and X-band payloads for high-speed telecommunications, television broadcast and fast broadband in South America, Mexico, Central America, and parts of the Atlantic Ocean.[14] It had a launch mass of approximately 6,190 kilograms (13,650 lb) and a design lifetime of 15 years.[21] The target orbit was a geosynchronous transfer orbit with an apogee altitude of 250 kilometres (160 mi) and a perigee altitude of 35,726 kilometres (22,199 mi), at an inclination of 3°.[21] The mission was planned to last 36 minutes and 24 seconds.[21][a]
VA255	24 October 2021 02:10	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5115	Guiana, ELA‑3	SES-17 Syracuse 4A	10,264 kg	GTO	SES S.A. DGA	Success
	SES S.A. communications satellite and Direction générale de l'armement military communications satellite.
VA256	25 December 2021 12:20	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5114	Guiana, ELA‑3	James Webb Space Telescope	6,161.4 kg	Sun–Earth L2	NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI	Success
	James Webb Space Telescope.
VA257	22 June 2022 21:50	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5116	Guiana, ELA‑3	MEASAT-3d GSAT-24	9,829 kg	GTO	MEASAT NSIL / Tata Play	Success
	MEASAT communications satellite and NSIL communications satellite.
VA258	7 September 2022 21:45	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5117	Guiana, ELA‑3	Eutelsat Konnect VHTS	6,400 kg	GTO	Eutelsat	Success
	Eutelsat communications satellite.
VA259	13 December 2022 20:30	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5118	Guiana, ELA‑3	Galaxy 35 Galaxy 36 MTG-I1	10,972 kg	GTO	Intelsat EUMETSAT	Success
	Two Intelsat communications satellites and EUMETSAT meteorological satellite.
VA260	14 April 2023 12:14	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5120	Guiana, ELA‑3	Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)	5,963 kg	Jovicentric	ESA	Success
	Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer.
VA261	5 July 2023 22:00	Ariane 5 ECA+ 5119	Guiana, ELA‑3	Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2)[23] Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat)	6,950 kg[24]	GTO	DGA DLR	Success
	Ariane 5's last mission.[25]

Ariane 6 (2024+)

Flight No.	Date and Time (UTC)	Version, Serial No.	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
VA262	9 July 2024 19:00	Ariane 62 L6001[26]	Guiana, ELA‑4	Multiple rideshare payloads	1,600 kg (3,500 lb)[27]	LEO	Various	Partial failure
	Maiden flight of Ariane 6. It was a flight test carrying a mass simulator plus a number of small cubesats and other experiments as rideshare payloads. Rocket launched successfully to orbit and upper stage performed a second burn to release cubesats. During attempt to perform a third burn to deorbit the upper stage, the rocket's auxiliary propulsion system failed. This failure prevented the upper stage from relighting.[28][29][30][31]
VA263	6 March 2025 16:24	Ariane 62 L6002[32]	Guiana, ELA‑4	CSO-3	3,655 kg (8,058 lb)	SSO	CNES / DGA	Success
	French military reconnaissance satellite. First commercial launch for Ariane 6. After releasing the satellite following two burns of the upper stage, the Vinci engine successfully completed a third burn to reenter Earth's atmosphere, a maneuver that had failed in the first Ariane 6 flight.[33]

Planned launches

Date Time (UTC)	Type	Payload	Orbit	Customers
August 2025	Ariane 62 VA264[34]	MetOp-SG-A1[35]	SSO	EUMETSAT
2025[36]	Ariane 62	Galileo FOC FM 29, 30	MEO	ESA
Q4 2025[37][38]	Ariane 64	Project Kuiper (30+ satellites)	LEO	Kuiper Systems
	First Ariane 64 launch and first Ariane launch for Project Kuiper
2H 2025[39]	Ariane 62	Sentinel-1D	SSO	ESA
2026[40][36]	Ariane 62	Galileo FOC FM 28, 31	MEO	ESA
2026[40][36]	Ariane 62	Galileo FOC FM 33, 34	MEO	ESA
Q2 2026[41]	Ariane 64	Intelsat 45	GTO	Intelsat
June-August 2026[42]	Ariane 62	MetOp-SG-B1[35]	SSO	EUMETSAT
Q3 2026[43]	Ariane 64[44]	MTG-I2[45]	GTO	EUMETSAT
Q4 2026[46]	Ariane 64	Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #1 rideshare mission	GTO	TBA
2026[47][48]	Ariane 64	Intelsat 41, 44	GTO	Intelsat
Q4 2026[49][50]	Ariane 62[51]	PLATO	Sun–Earth L2	ESA
2026[52][53]	Ariane 64	Uhura-1 (Node-1)[54]	GTO	Skyloom
Q4 2027[46]	Ariane 64	MLS #2 rideshare mission	GTO	TBA
2027[55][56]	Ariane 64	Optus-11	GTO	Optus
2027[57]	Ariane 64	Earth Return Orbiter	Areocentric	ESA
2027[58]	Ariane 6	Galileo G2 1, 2	MEO	ESA
2027[59]	Ariane 6	Galileo G2 3, 4	MEO	ESA
2027[60]	Ariane 6	Hellas Sat 5	GTO	Hellas Sat
Q4 2028[46]	Ariane 64	MLS #3 rideshare mission	GTO	TBA
Q3 2029[46]	Ariane 64	MLS #4 rideshare mission	GTO	TBA
2029[61]	Ariane 62	ARIEL, Comet Interceptor	Sun–Earth L2	ESA
2031[62]	Ariane 64	Argonaut Mission 1	TLI	ESA
2035[63]	Ariane 64[64]	Athena	Sun–Earth L2, Halo orbit	ESA
2035[65]	Ariane 6	LISA	Heliocentric	ESA
TBD[66]	Ariane 64	17 more launches of Project Kuiper (35–40 satellites)[67]	LEO	Kuiper Systems
TBD[68]	Ariane 62	Electra	GTO	SES S.A. / ESA
TBD[68]	Ariane 62	Eutelsat ×3	GTO	Eutelsat

Notes

• Spaceflight portal

1. Statistics for flight VA254:^[22]

   • 330th Arianespace launch (6th in 2021)
   • 254th Ariane launch (1st in 2021)
   • 110th Ariane 5 launch (1st in 2021)
   • 947th and 948th satellites put in orbit by Arianespace (151st and 152nd in 2021)
   • 12th Embratel satellite launched by Arianespace
   • 36th Eutelsat satellite launched by Arianespace
   • 85th consecutive rated operation of the Vulcain 2 engine
   • 110th consecutive rated operation of the EAP solid rocket boosters
   • 150th consecutive rated operation of the HM7B engine