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Ariane 5 G

In-active

ArianeGroup (AG)

June 4, 1996

Description

The original version is dubbed Ariane 5 G (Generic) and had a launch mass of 737 tonnes. Its payload capability to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) was 6,900 kg (15,200 lb) for a single satellite or 6,100 kg (13,400 lb) for dual launches. It flew 17 times with one failure and two partial failures.

Specifications

Max Stage
2
Length
57.0 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
737.0 T
Thrust
―
Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
40000.0 km

Family

Name
Ariane 5 G
Family
―
Variant
G
Alias
―
Full Name
Ariane 5 G

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
12200.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
6900.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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ArianeGroup

Commercial

CEO: André-Hubert Roussel

AG 2015

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

Previous Flights

flew on 16 previous launch(es).

Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3E, eBird 1, SMART-1

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 27, 2003, 11:14 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

INSAT-3A is a multipurpose satellite for providing telecommunications, television broadcasting, meteorological and search & rescue services. INSAT-3A payloads include Normal C-band transponders with expanded coverage from Middle East to South East Asia, Extended C-band transponders providing India coverage and Ku-band transponders providing India coverage. The satellite also carries one Data Relay Transponder (DRT) and one Satellite Aided Search and Rescue (SAS&R) payload. SAS&R payload has a global receive coverage with 406 MHz uplink and C-band downlink with India coverage for the relay of signals from distress beacons in sea, air or land.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | Optus and Defence C1 & BSAT-2c

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 11, 2003, 10:38 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Optus and Defence C1 is a relay platform in geostationary orbit at 156 degrees East. It is one of the most advanced communications satellites ever built. BSAT-2C is a geostationary communication satellite for B-SAT.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3A & Galaxy 12

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 9, 2003, 10:52 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

INSAT-3A is a communications and weather satellite for ISRO, located at 93.5 degree East. Galaxy 12 is a geostationary communications satellite operating at 72 degree West, operated by PanAmSat.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | Atlantic Bird 1 & Meteosat 8

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 28, 2002, 10:45 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Atlantic Bird is a series of satellites operated by Eutelsat over the atlantic ocean. Operating at 12.5 degrees West. Meteosat 8 is a weather satellite operated by both ESA and EUMETSAT.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | Stellat 5 & N-Star C

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 5, 2002, 11:22 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Stellat 5 is a communications satellite belonging to Eutelsat, operating at 5 degrees West. N-Star C is a geostationary communications satellite operating at 136 degrees East.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | Envisat

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 1, 2002, 1:07 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

A large Earth-Observing satellite in sun synchronous polar orbit.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | Artemis & BSAT-2b

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 12, 2001, 9:58 p.m.

Status: Launch was a Partial Failure

Mission:

Artemis is a geostationary earth orbit satellite for a ESA data relay satellite, it operates at the 21.5 degrees East. BSAT-2b is a geostationary, commercial communications satellite used for direct television broadcasting across Japan.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | Eutelsat 28A & BSAT-2a

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 8, 2001, 10:51 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Eutelsat 28A is a commercial communications satellite used for digital television, covering Europe and NW Africa. BSAT-2a is a geostationary, commercial communications satellite used for direct television broadcasting across Japan.

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Ariane 5 G | Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 20, 2000, 12:26 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Astra 2D is one of the Astra communications satellite owned and operated by SES. Providing digital television and radio broadcast service to the UK and Republic of Island. GE-8 is also a commercial communications satellite operated by GE American, covering the USA, Canada and Caribbean. LDREX was an engineering test to validate the antenna on the ETS-8.

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Ariane 5 G | PAS-1R, Amsat P3D, STRV 1C, STRV 1D

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 16, 2000, 1:07 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

PAS-1R a commications satellite located at 40 degrees west, serving the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and Africa, operated by PanAmSat. Amsat P3D was an amateur radio satellite built and operated by AmSat. STRV was a series of four satellites operated by the UK MoD, intended to test new technologies, two were launched on this vehicle.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | Astra 2B & GE-7

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 14, 2000, 10:54 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Astra 2B is one of the Astra communications satellite owned and operated by SES. Providing digital television and radio broadcast service to the UK and Republic of Island. GE-7 is also a commercial communications satellite owned and operated by GE American. Providing coverage to North America, Hawaii, the Caribbean islands and most of Mexico.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3B & AsiaStar

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 21, 2000, 11:28 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

INSAT-3B is an Indian communications satellite which was built and operated by ISRO. AsiaStar is a US communications satellite operated by 1worldspace, operating at a geostarionary orbit at 105 degrees east.

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Ariane 5 G | XMM-Newton

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 10, 1999, 2:32 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

An X-Ray space observatory launches by the ESA.

High Earth Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | MaqSat 3 & ARD

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 21, 1998, 4:37 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

MaqSat 3 was a dummy satellite to test the Ariane Vehicle. ARD was the Advanced Reentry Demonstrator, built by ESA. This is developed for experimental purposes to validate reentry techniques.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | MaqSat-H, TEAMSAT, MaqSat-B, YES

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 30, 1997, 1:43 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

A launch of four satellites

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Ariane 5 G | Cluster

ArianeGroup | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 4, 1996, 12:34 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

A constellation of four ESA spacecraft. These were intended to fly in a tetrahedral formation, and was inteded to conduct research into the Earth's magnetosphere.

High Earth Orbit

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