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

Four Ariane 6 launches took place in 2025, up to eight are planned for 2026, with an eventual ramp to eleven launches per year planned.https://spacenews.com/ariane-6-launches-european-weather-satellite-in-first-gto-mission/

10 launches are planned for 2027. Studies are underway to increase the cadence to 12, 15, or 20 launches after several years.https://europeanspaceflight.com/arianespace-ceo-urges-the-eu-to-procure-large-blocks-of-ariane-6-flights/ This is a significant increase over the targeted seven annual launches of Ariane 5. https://air-cosmos.com/article/arianespace-vise-7-a-8-vols-ariane-6-en-2026-70896

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

Launch outcomes & planned launches

Launch history

Ariane 5 (2020–2023)

Flight No. Date andTime (UTC) Version,Serial No. Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launchoutcome VA251 21:05 5110 Guiana, ELA3 Eutelsat KonnectGSAT-30 6,976 kg GTO EutelsatISRO Eutelsat communications satellite and ISRO communications satellite. VA252 22:18 5111 Guiana, ELA3 JCSAT-17GEO-KOMPSAT 2B 9,236 kg GTO SKY Perfect JSATKARI SKY Perfect JSAT communications satellite and KARI meteorological satellite. VA253 22:04 5112 Guiana, ELA3 Galaxy 30MEV-2BSAT-4b 9,703 kg GTO IntelsatNorthrop GrummanBSAT Flight VA253 was planned to launch in June 2020. 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. Operations for Vega flight VV16 and Ariane 5 flight VA253 could not resume until 28 April 2020. VA253 activities were listed among the top priorities at the reopening of the Guiana Space Center on 11 May 2020. The launch was rescheduled for end of July 2020 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.

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 . Built in satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, it will primarily serve video markets in North America. As per Intelsat/Arianespace contract announced in January 2018, 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 , it would begin a five-year mission to extend the lifetime of Intelsat 10-02. MEV-2 received FCC authorization on 25 March 2020.

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 . VA254 21:00 5113 Guiana, ELA3 Eutelsat QuantumStar One D2 10,515 kg GTO EutelsatStar One Brazilian Satellite operator Embratel and European Eutelsat were customers on the VA254 flight.

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. It had a launch mass of approximately and a design lifetime of 15 years.

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. It had a launch mass of approximately and a design lifetime of 15 years.

The target orbit was a geosynchronous transfer orbit with an apogee altitude of and a perigee altitude of , at an inclination of 3°.

The mission was planned to last 36 minutes and 24 seconds. VA255 02:10 5115 Guiana, ELA3 SES-17Syracuse 4A 10,264 kg GTO SES S.A.DGA SES S.A. communications satellite and Direction générale de l'armement military communications satellite. VA256 12:20 5114 Guiana, ELA3 James Webb Space Telescope 6,161.4 kg Sun–Earth NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI James Webb Space Telescope. VA257 21:50 5116 Guiana, ELA3 MEASAT-3dGSAT-24 9,829 kg GTO MEASATNSIL / Tata Play MEASAT communications satellite and NSIL communications satellite. VA258 21:45 5117 Guiana, ELA3 Eutelsat Konnect VHTS 6,400 kg GTO Eutelsat Eutelsat communications satellite. VA259 20:30 5118 Guiana, ELA3 Galaxy 35Galaxy 36MTG-I1 10,972 kg GTO IntelsatEUMETSAT Two Intelsat communications satellites and EUMETSAT meteorological satellite. VA260 12:14 5120 Guiana, ELA3 Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) 5,963 kg Jovicentric ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. VA261 5 July 202322:00 5119 Guiana, ELA3 Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2) Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) 6,950 kg GTO DGADLR Ariane 5's last mission.

Ariane 6 (2024–present)

Flight No. Launch (UTC) Version,Serial No. Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launchoutcome VA262 19:00 L6001 Guiana, ELA4 Multiple rideshare payloads LEO Various 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. VA263 16:24 L6002 Guiana, ELA4 CSO-3 SSO CNES / DGA French military reconnaissance satellite. First recompensed 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. VA264 00:37 L6003 Guiana, ELA4 MetOp-SG A1/Sentinel-5A SSO EUMETSAT Second-generation polar-orbiting meteorological satellite system to replace the first-generation METOP satellites. First Ariane 6 night launch. VA265 21:02 L6005 Guiana, ELA4 Sentinel-1D SSO ESA Radar imaging satellite. Second of two additional satellites in the Sentinel-1 constellation, part of the Copernicus programme on Earth observation. The satellite is equipped with a C-SAR sensor, capable of providing high-resolution imagery regardless of weather conditions. VA266 05:01 L6004 Guiana, ELA4 Galileo L14 MEO ESA FM33 and FM34 satellites for Galileo GNSS. VA267 16:45 L6006 Guiana, ELA4 LeoSat × 32 (LE-01) ~ LEO Amazon (Amazon Leo) First Ariane 64 launch, first use of long fairing, and first Ariane launch for Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper. VA26830 April 202608:57 Ariane 64LL6007 Guiana, ELA4 LeoSat × 32 (LE-02) ~ LEO Amazon (Amazon Leo) Last scheduled use of P120C boosters for Amazon Leo. Payload delivered 12 March 2026.https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/2032518557653782676 https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-to-launch-another-32-amazon-leo-satellites-with-ariane-64-on-april-28-2026/?lang=eng First Ariane 64 night launch. VA269 17 June 202612:21 Ariane 64L Block 2L6009 Guiana, ELA4 LeoSat × 36 (LE-03) ~ LEO Amazon (Amazon Leo) First Ariane 64 Block 2 launch using P160C boosters. Heaviest payload ever launched by Ariane. VA270 27 August 202620:11https://aviationweek.com/space/satellites/europe-forecasts-better-climate-science-upgradeshttps://centrespatialguyanais.cnes.fr/fr/calendrier-lancements Ariane 62L6008 Guiana, ELA4 MTG-I2 GTO EUMETSAT First flight to geostationary transfer orbit.

Planned launches Launch (UTC) Type Payload Orbit Customers October 2026 Ariane 64L Block 2 LeoSat × 36 (LE-04) LEO Amazon (Amazon Leo) November 2026https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/MetOp_Second_Generation/First_MetOp_Second_Generation-B_satellite_spreads_its_wing https://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=702 Ariane 62 MetOp-SG-B1 SSO EUMETSAT December 2026https://twitter.com/esa/status/2080574855917781419 Ariane 62 Galileo L15 MEO ESA Two FOC satellitesMarch 2027https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2026/01/Plato_passes_vibe_check Ariane 62 PLATO Sun–Earth ESAHENON CubeSat as secondary payload https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-selects-ariane-6-to-launch-deep-space-cubesat/ Q1 2027 Ariane 62 Galileo L16 MEO ESA Two FOC satellitesH2 2027 Ariane 6 NEXUS-1 GTO Katalyst 2027 Ariane 62 Block 2 Galileo L17 MEO ESA First launch of Galileo Second Generation (GSG) satellites. 2027 Ariane 62 Block 2 Galileo L18 MEO ESA Two GSG satellites 2027 Ariane 64 OneWeb Polar Eutelsat August 2028 Ariane 64 Comet Interceptor Sun–Earth ESA November 2028 Ariane 64 Nyx ALADDIN LEO The Exploration Company H2 2028 Ariane 64 Koreasat 9 GTO KT Sat Designated rideshare launch 2028 https://www.ses.com/sites/ses_v2/files/investor-files/2026-07/2607_H1%2026_AnalystPresentation_Final.pdf Ariane 64 Intelsat 45 (Rideshare) GTO Intelsat 2028 Ariane 64 OneWeb Polar Eutelsat 2028https://www.advanced-television.com/2026/07/16/itu-denies-australias-request-for-satellite-launch-delay/ Ariane 64 Optus-11 GTO Optus 2029 Ariane 64 ComSatBw 1B GTO Bundeswehr 2029 Ariane 64 ComSatBw 2B GTO Bundeswehr 2029 Ariane 64 GovSat-2 GTO GovSat partnership 2029 Ariane 6 Hellas Sat 5 GTO Hellas Sat 2031 Ariane 62 ARIEL Sun–Earth ESA 2031 Ariane 64 Argonaut Mission 1 TLI ESA2031Ariane 64EnVisionVenusianESA 2035 Ariane 64 Athena Sun–Earth ,Halo orbit ESA 2035 Ariane 6 LISA Heliocentric ESA TBD Ariane 64 Block 2Amazon Leo (LE-05 to LE-24)LEOAmazon (Amazon Leo)Satellite internet constellation. Remainder of the 24 contracted Ariane 6 launches for Amazon Leo. https://newsroom.arianespace.com/amazon-leo-and-arianespace-strengthen-partnership-with-six-additional-ariane-64-launches/?lang=eng TBD Ariane 64 Earth Return Orbiter Areocentric ESA TBD Ariane 62 EDRS-D MEO ESA TBD Ariane 62 Electra GTO SES S.A. / ESA TBD Ariane 64 Multi-Launch Service (MLS) #1 rideshare mission GTO TBA TBD Ariane 6 Uhura-1 (Node-1) Rideshare GTO Skyloom

Notes

See also List of Vega launches

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