Launch services

Ariane 5

• Offers the commercial market’s greatest lift capacity, meeting operational needs of customers today and tomorrow
• Payload capacity of 10 metric tons delivered to GTO, up to 20 metric tons in LEO
  

Soyuz

• The world’s most launched vehicle, with over 1,700 manned and unmanned missions performed by the Soyuz family to date
• Payload capacity of 3,150 kg. delivered to GTO, 4,900 kg. into SSO

Vega

• Europe’s new lightweight launch vehicle, tailored for small- to medium-sized satellite payloads on missions to LEO and Sun-synchronous orbit
• Payload capacity of 1,500 kg. into a 700-km. circular polar orbit

Fleet brochures

As the worldwide leader in commercial space transportation, Arianespace offers a comprehensive family of launch vehicles. The Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers will be joined in the future by the lightweight Vega vehicle – offering services for the full range of satellite payloads. Arianespace is developing a family of launch vehicles that offers a complete range of payload lift capabilities, enabling the company to meet its motto: "any mass to any orbit."

The Arianespace fleet is composed of three powerful and flexible launchers: Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega. For an in-depth look at each member of Arianespace’s launcher family, review the brochures below.

	Arianespace’s Ariane 5 brochure provides details on the industry’s workhorse launcher, with photos and diagrams of the heavy-vehicle’s stages and launch infrastructure, along with an outline of campaign milestones and flight events from liftoff to satellite separation. Download the Ariane 5 Brochure (2.7 MB .pdf)
	The Arianespace Soyuz brochure offers a close-up look at this medium-lift vehicle, including the launcher’s multi-stage architecture.  Also detailed is the new Soyuz launch site in French Guiana, as well as the major steps for a typical launch campaign. Download the Soyuz Brochure (2.6 MB .pdf)
	The Vega brochure highlights the newest member of Arianespace’s launcher family – which is tailored for small to medium-sized satellite payloads on low-Earth and Sun-synchronous orbit missions, and is to be operated from the ELA-1 launch site at Europe’s Spaceport. Download the Vega brochure (1.5 MB .pdf)