List of Ariane launches |
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This is a list of launches performed by Ariane carrier rockets between 1990 and 1999. The Ariane 4 was in service throughout this period, and conducted most launches, with the Ariane 5 making its first four flights in the second half of the decade.
1990 | |||||||
Date (UTC) | Variant | Configuration | Serial No | Payload | Orbit | Outcome | Remarks |
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22 January 1990, 01:35 [1] | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-35/408 |
SPOT-2 Uosat-3/Oscar 14 UoSAT-4/Oscar 15 Oscar 16 Oscar 17 Oscar 18 Oscar 19 |
SSO | Success | |
22 February 1990, 23:17 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-36/407 |
Superbird-B BS-2X |
GTO (planned) | Failure | Exploded due to blocked water line. [3] |
24 July 1990, 22:25 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-37/409 |
TDF-2 DFS-2 |
GTO | Success | |
30 August 1990, 22:46 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-38/410 |
Skynet 4C Eutelsat 2F1 |
GTO | Success | |
12 October 1990, 22:58 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-39/411 |
SBS-6 Galaxy-6 |
GTO | Success | |
20 November 1990, 23:11 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-40/412 |
Satcom C1 GStar-4 |
GTO | Success | |
1991 | |||||||
15 January 1991, 23:10 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-41/413 |
Italsat-1 Eutelsat 2F2 |
GTO | Success | |
2 March 1991, 23:36 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-42/414 |
Astra 1B Meteosat 5 |
GTO | Success | |
4 April 1991, 23:33 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-43/415 | Anik E2 | GTO | Success | |
17 July 1991, 01:46 [1] | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-44/416 |
ERS-1 Oscar 22 Orbcomm-X Tubsat-A SARA |
SSO | Success | |
14 August 1991, 23:15 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-45/417 | Intelsat 605 | GTO | Success | |
26 September 1991, 23:43 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-46/418 | Anik E1 | GTO | Success | |
29 October 1991, 23:08 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-47/419 | Intelsat 601 | GTO | Success | |
16 December 1991, 22:19 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-48/420 |
Telecom 2A Inmarsat 2F3 |
GTO | Success | |
1992 | |||||||
26 February 1992, 23:58 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-49/421 |
Superbird-B1 Arabsat-1C |
GTO | Success | |
15 April 1992, 23:25 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L+ | V-50/422 |
Telecom 2B Inmarsat-2F4 |
GTO | Success | |
9 July 1992, 22:42 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-51/423 |
Insat-2A Eutelsat 2F4 |
GTO | Success | |
10 August 1992, 23:08 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-52/424 |
TOPEX/Poseidon Oscar 23 S80/T |
SSO | Success | |
10 September 1992, 23:04 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP+ | V-53/425 |
Hispasat 1A Satcom C3 |
GTO | Success | |
28 October 1992, 00:15 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P+ | V-54/426 | Galaxy-7 | GTO | Success | |
1 December 1992, 22:48 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P+ | V-55/427 | Superbird A1 | GTO | Success | |
1993 | |||||||
12 May 1993, 00:56 [7] [8] | Ariane 4 | 42L | V-56/428 |
Astra 1C Arsene |
GTO | Success | Only launch of Ariane 42L |
25 June 1993, 00:18 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P+ | V-57/430 | Galaxy-4 | GTO | Success | |
22 July 1993, 22:58 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-58/429 |
Hispasat 1B Insat-2B |
GTO | Success | |
26 September 1993, 01:45 [1] | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-59/431 |
SPOT-3 Stella Kitsat-2 Posat-1 Healthsat-2 ITAMsat Eyesat-1 |
SSO | Success | |
22 October 1993, 06:46 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-60/432 | Intelsat 701 | GTO | Success | |
20 November 1993, 01:17 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-61/433 |
Solidaridad 1 Meteosat 6 |
GTO | Success | |
18 December 1993, 01:27 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-62/434 |
DBS-1 Thaicom-1 |
GTO | Success | |
1994 | |||||||
24 January 1994, 21:37 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-63/435 |
Eutelsat 2F5 Turksat 1A |
GTO (planned) | Failure | Third stage turbopump malfunction |
17 June 1994, 07:07 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-64/436 |
Intelsat 702 STRV 1A & 1B |
GTO | Success | |
8 July 1994, 23:05 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-65/437 |
Panamsat-2 Yuri-3N |
GTO | Success | |
10 August 1994, 23:05 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-66/438 |
Brasilsat B1 Turksat 1B |
GTO | Success | |
9 September 1994, 00:29 [8] [9] | Ariane 4 | 42L+ | V-67/439 | Telstar 402 | GTO | Success | Only launch of Ariane 42L+ |
8 October 1994, 01:07 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-68/440 |
Solidaridad-2 Thaicom-2 |
GTO | Success | |
1 November 1994, 00:37 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-69/441 | Astra 1D | GTO | Success | |
1 December 1994, 22:57 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-70/442 | Panamsat-3 | GTO (planned) | Failure | Third stage gas generator malfunction |
1995 | |||||||
28 March 1995, 11:19 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP+ | V-71/443 |
Brasilsat B2 Hot Bird 1 |
GTO | Success | |
21 April 1995, 01:44 [1] | Ariane 4 | 40+ | V-72/444 | ERS-2 | SSO | Success | |
17 May 1995, 06:34 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-73/445 | Intelsat 706 | GTO | Success | |
10 June 1995, 00:24 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-74/446 | DBS-3 | GTO | Success | |
7 July 1995, 16:23 [1] | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-75/447 |
Helios 1A Cerise LBSAT/UPM-Sat 1 |
SSO | Success | |
3 August 1995, 22:58 [8] [10] | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-76/448 | PanAmSat-4 | GTO | Success | Maiden flight of Ariane 42L-3 |
29 August 1995, 06:41 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-77/449 | N-Star A | GTO | Success | |
24 September 1995, 00:06 [8] [10] | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-78/450 | Telstar 402R | GTO | Success | |
19 October 1995, 00:28 [8] [10] | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-79/451 | Astra 1E | GTO | Success | |
17 November 1995, 01:20 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-80/452 | ISO | HEO | Success | |
6 December 1995, 23:23 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-81/453 |
Telecom 2C Insat 2C |
GTO | Success | |
1996 | |||||||
12 January 1996, 23:10 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-82/454 |
Panamsat-3R Measat-1 |
GTO | Success | |
5 February 1996, 07:19 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-83/455 | N-STAR b | GTO | Success | |
14 March 1996, 07:11 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-84/456 | Intelsat 707 | GTO | Success | |
20 April 1996, 22:36 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-85/457 | MSAT-1 | GTO | Success | |
16 May 1996, 01:56 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-86/458 |
Palapa C2 AMOS-1 |
GTO | Success | |
4 June 1996, 12:34 [11] | Ariane 5 | G | V-88/501 |
Cluster FM-1 Cluster FM-2 Cluster FM-3 Cluster FM-4 |
HEO (Planned) | Failure | Maiden flight of Ariane 5, guidance system failed due to programming error, destroyed by range safety |
15 June 1996, 06:55 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-87/459 | Intelsat 709 | GTO | Success | |
9 July 1996, 22:24 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-89/460 |
Arabsat-2A Türksat 1C |
GTO | Success | |
8 August 1996, 22:49 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-90/461 |
Italsat F2 Telecom 2D |
GTO | Success | |
11 September 1996, 00:00 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-91/462 | Echostar-2 | GTO | Success | |
13 November 1996, 22:40 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-92/463 |
Arabsat-2B Measat-2 |
GTO | Success | |
1997 | |||||||
30 January 1997, 22:04 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-93/465 |
GE-2 Nahuel 1A |
GTO | Success | |
1 March 1997, 01:07 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-94/464 | Intelsat 801 | GTO | Success | |
16 April 1997, 23:08 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-95/467 |
Thaicom 3 BSAT 1a |
GTO | Success | |
3 June 1997, 23:20 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-97/468 |
Inmarsat 3F4 Insat 2D |
GTO | Success | |
25 June 1997, 23:44 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-96/466 | Intelsat 802 | GTO | Success | |
8 August 1997, 06:46 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-98/469 | Panamsat-6 | GTO | Success | |
2 September 1997, 22:21 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-99/470 |
Hot Bird 3 Meteosat 7 |
GTO | Success | |
23 September 1997, 23:58 [8] [10] | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-100/471 | Intelsat 803 | GTO | Success | |
30 October 1997, 13:43 [11] | Ariane 5 | G | V-101/502 |
Maqsat-H/
TEAMSAT Maqsat-B YES |
GTO (planned) | Partial failure | Upper stage underperformed, placed satellites in lower orbit than planned |
12 November 1997, 21:48 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-102/472 |
Sirius-2 Cakrawarta-1 |
GTO | Success | |
2 December 1997, 22:52 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-103/473 |
JCSAT-5 Equator-S |
GTO | Success | |
22 December 1997, 00:16 [8] [10] | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-104/474 | Intelsat 804 | GTO | Success | |
1998 | |||||||
4 February 1998, 23:29 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-105/475 |
Brasilsat B3 Inmarsat 3F5 |
GTO | Success | |
27 February 1998, 22:38 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-106/476 | Hot Bird 4 | GTO | Success | |
24 March 1998, 01:46 [1] | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-107/477 | SPOT-4 | SSO | Success | |
28 April 1998, 22:53 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-108/478 |
Nilesat-1 BSAT-1B |
GTO | Success | |
25 August 1998, 23:07 [6] | Ariane 4 | 44P | V-109/479 | ST-1 | GTO | Success | |
16 September 1998, 06:31 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-110/480 | Panamsat 7 | GTO | Success | |
5 October 1998, 22:51 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-111/481 |
Eutelsat W2 Sirius-3 |
GTO | Success | |
21 October 1998, 16:37 [11] | Ariane 5 | G | V-112/503 | Maqsat-3/ ARD | GTO | Success | ARD deployed on suborbital trajectory |
28 October 1998, 22:15 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L | V-113/482 |
Afristar GE-5 |
GTO | Success | |
6 December 1998, 00:43 [8] [10] | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-114/483 | Satmex 5 | GTO | Success | |
22 December 1998, 01:08 [8] | Ariane 4 | 42L-3 | V-115/484 | PanAmSat-6B | GTO | Success | |
1999 | |||||||
26 February 1999, 22:44:00 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L (# 28) | V-116/485 |
Arabsat-3A Skynet 4E |
GTO | Success | |
2 April 1999, 22:03 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-117/486 | Insat-2E | GTO | Success | |
12 August 1999, 22:52 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-118/487 | Telkom-1 | GTO | Success | |
4 September 1999, 22:34 [5] | Ariane 4 | 42P | V-120/488 | Koreasat-3 | GTO | Success | |
25 September 1999, 06:29 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-121/489 | Telstar 7 | GTO | Success | |
19 October 1999, 06:22 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-122/490 | Orion 2 | GTO | Success | |
13 November 1999, 22:54 [4] | Ariane 4 | 44LP | V-123/491 | GE-4 | GTO | Success | |
3 December 1999, 16:22 [1] | Ariane 4 | 40 | V-124/492 |
Helios 1B Clémentine |
SSO | Success | |
10 December 1999, 14:32 [11] | Ariane 5 | G | V-119/504 | XMM-Newton | HEO | Success | |
22 December 1999, 00:50 [2] | Ariane 4 | 44L-3 | V-125/493 | Galaxy-11 | GTO | Success |