Launcher Family - Introduction

Introduction Propulsion Payloads Campaign Team Ariane 5 milestones

Arianespace has placed the Ariane 5 heavy-lift launcher into commercial service to meet the market requirements of today and tomorrow.
	The Ariane 5 ECA is the latest – and most powerful member – of the Ariane 5 family, with a hefty payload lift capacity of 9,600 kg. to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). This performance ensures that Ariane 5 will be able to loft the heaviest telecom satellites in production or on the drawing boards, and enables Arianespace to match up most spacecraft for highly efficient dual launches – a capability of that has been proven by the company in Ariane missions since the 1980s. Ariane 5 ECA is a follow-on to the highly mature Ariane 5 Generic launcher version, which carries 6,700-kg. payloads to GTO and has demonstrated its reliability in 16 successful missions. With the Ariane 5 ECA, Arianespace is able to offer customers even greater performance, flexibility and competitiveness to meet the satellite telecommunications industry’s evolving launch services demands.

Introduction - Propulsion - Payloads - Campaign - Team - Milestones