Ariane 5

Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency. It is launched from the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French... Wikipedia

• Function:  Heavy launch vehicle
• Manufacturer:  Airbus Defence and Space, for ESA
• Cost per launch:  €139–185 million
• Height:  46 - 52 m (150.92 - 170.6 ft)
• Diameter:  5.4 m (17.72 ft)
• Mass:  777,000 kg (1,712,991.78 lb)
• Stages:  2
• Family:  Ariane
• Comparable:  Atlas V 551, Delta IV Heavy, Falcon 9 Block 5, H-IIB, Long March 5, Proton-M, GSLV Mark III
• Status:  G: Retired, G+: Retired, GS: Retired, ECA: Active, ES: Retired
• Launch sites:  Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3
• Total launches:  111 G: 16, G+: 3, GS: 6 ECA: 78, ES: 8
• Successes:  106 G: 13, G+: 3, GS: 6 ECA: 77, ES: 8
• Failures:  2 (G: 1, ECA: 1)
• Partial failures:  3 (G: 2, ECA: 1)
• First flight:  G: 4 June 1996, G+: 2 March 2004, GS: 11 August 2005, ECA: 11 December 2002, ES: 9 March 2008
• Last flight:  G: 27 September 2003, G+: 18 December 2004, GS: 18 December 2009, ECA: 25 December 2021, ES: 25 July 2018
• Notable payloads:  XMM-Newton, Envisat, Rosetta, ATV, Herschel, Planck, Galileo, Webb
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo