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Arianespace

Commercial · FR

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

Key figures

Total launches
327
Successes
312
Failures
15
Success rate
95.4 %
Success streak
15
Planned launches
28
Founded
1980
Leadership
CEO: David Cavaillolès

Rocket fleet

Ariane 5 ECA73×Ariane 44L39×Ariane 44LP26×Vega21×Ariane 44P15×Ariane 42P15×Soyuz STB Fregat14×Ariane 42L13×Ariane 5 G13×Ariane 311×Ariane 5 ECA+11×Ariane 110×Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M10×Ariane 628×Soyuz STA Fregat8×Ariane 5 ES8×Ariane 407×Ariane 26×Ariane 5 GS6×Vega-C5×Soyuz STB Fregat-MT5×Ariane 644×Ariane 5 G+3×Ariane 64 Block 22×Ariane 62 Block 21×Soyuz 2.1b1×

Launches per year

of which in our database: 335

1988: 7 Successes719881989: 7 Successes71990: 5 Successes1990: 1 Failures61991: 8 Successes819911992: 7 Successes71993: 7 Successes71994: 6 Successes1994: 2 Failures819941995: 11 Successes111996: 10 Successes1996: 1 Failures111997: 11 Successes1119971998: 10 Successes101999: 9 Successes92000: 12 Successes1220002001: 7 Successes2001: 1 Failures82002: 10 Successes2002: 1 Failures112003: 4 Successes420032004: 3 Successes32005: 5 Successes52006: 5 Successes520062007: 6 Successes62008: 6 Successes62009: 7 Successes720092010: 6 Successes62011: 7 Successes72012: 9 Successes920122013: 7 Successes72014: 10 Successes2014: 1 Failures112015: 12 Successes1220152016: 11 Successes112017: 11 Successes112018: 10 Successes2018: 1 Failures1120182019: 8 Successes2019: 1 Failures92020: 9 Successes2020: 1 Failures102021: 15 Successes1520212022: 4 Successes2022: 1 Failures52023: 3 Successes32024: 2 Successes220242025: 7 Successes72026: 3 Successes2026: 5 Other/planned82027: 3 Other/planned32027
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. May 23, 1980🚀 Maiden flightFirewheelView launch →
  2. Jan 24, 1994💥 FailureEutelsat 2 F5 & Türksat 1AView launch →
  3. Dec 1, 1994💥 FailurePAS 3View launch →
  4. Jun 4, 1996💥 FailureClusterView launch →▶ Video
  5. Jul 12, 2001💥 FailureArtemis & BSAT-2bView launch →
  6. Dec 11, 2002💥 FailureHot Bird 7 & StentorView launch →▶ Video
  7. Aug 22, 2014💥 FailureGalileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02)View launch →▶ Video
  8. Jan 25, 2018💥 FailureAl Yah 3 & SES-14View launch →
  9. Jul 11, 2019💥 FailureFalcon Eye 1View launch →▶ Video
  10. Nov 17, 2020💥 FailureSEOSAT-Ingenio & TaranisView launch →▶ Video
  11. Dec 21, 2022💥 FailurePléiades Neo 5 & 6View launch →▶ Video
  12. Aug 27, 2026⏭️ Next launchMTG-I2View launch →

Sources