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

Ariane 5: the heavy-lift leader

Since its commercial service introduction with Arianespace in 1999, Ariane 5 has become the heavy-lift launcher of choice for satellite operators and manufacturers around the globe.  It is operated from the ELA-3 launch complex at the Spaceport in French Guiana, which is one of the world's most modern facilities.

Ariane 5 carries payloads weighing more than 10 metric tons to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) and over 20 metric tons into low-Earth orbit (LEO), with a high degree of accuracy mission after mission.

For more information, review the following information and documentation provided on the Arianespace website:

• Mission Update archive
• Image library
• Launch vehicle overview
• Ariane 5 User’s Manual
• Launch services fleet brochure
• Ariane 5 milestones
• Overview of the Ariane 5 launch site at Europe’s Spaceport