News

Latest milestones

• February 13, 2012
  The qualification flight of Vega - performed under European Space Agency responsibility - is a success, clearing the way for Arianespace to take charge of the lightweight launcher's commercialization and operation.
• December 29, 2011
  An Arianespace/Starsem Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome with Globalstar second-generation satellites closes out a very busy year of launch activity. The total of nine flights performed during 2011 were composed of two Soyuz launches at Baikonur Cosmodrome conducted by Starsem on behalf of its Arianespace parent, along with Arianespace's first two Soyuz liftoffs from the Spaceport in French Guiana, and five Ariane 5 missions from the Spaceport - lofting a total of 29 payloads with a combined mass of more than 63,000 kg.
• December 14, 2011
  Arianespace announces the first commercial contract signing for its Vega lightweight launcher, booking two satellites in the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 families dedicated to Europe's GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) program. The launches are scheduled for 2014-2016 from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Launch kit

2011 - present

Date	Launcher	Payload	Language		Poster
May 15, 2012 Flight VA206	Ariane 5 ECA	JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2	Français	English
March 23, 2012 Flight VA205	Ariane 5 ES	Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)	Français	English
December 29, 2011 Flight ST24	Soyuz	Six Globalstar second-generation satellites		English
December 17, 2011 Flight VS02	Soyuz	Pléiades 1, ELISA (x4) and SSOT	Français	English
October 21, 2011 Flight VS01	Soyuz	Two Galileo satellites (IOV-1 PFM and FM2)	Français	English
September 21, 2011 Flight VA204	Ariane 5 ECA	Arabsat-5C & SES-2	Français	English
August 6, 2011 Flight VA203	Ariane 5 ECA	ASTRA 1N & BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R	Français	English
July 13, 2011 Flight ST23	Soyuz	Globalstar second-generation satellites (x6)		English
May 20, 2011 Flight VA202	Ariane 5 ECA	ST-2 & GSAT-8	Français	English
April 22, 2011 Flight VA201	Ariane 5 ECA	Yahsat Y1A & Intelsat New Dawn	Français	English
February 16, 2011 Flight VA200	Ariane 5 ES	Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Johannes Kepler	Français	English