Ariane 1 Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Ariane 1, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. It is one of the variants covered on the Ariane family page.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
Ariane 1 made 11 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1979 and 1986. It is part of the Ariane family. Of those, 9 succeeded and 2 failed. The success rate comes to 82 percent. The busiest year was 1981, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1986.
11
Launch attempts
9
Successes
2
Failures
82%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
Launch sites used
Sites the Ariane 1 launched from, across every launch in the catalog.
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSG | 🇪🇺Europe | 11 | 9 | 2 |
Launch chronology
Every Ariane 1 launch in the catalog, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1986 | 1986-019 | V16 L11 : Viking, SPOT | CSG / ELA1 | Success |
| Jul 2, 1985 | 1985-056 | V14 L10 : Giotto | CSG / ELA1 | Success |
| May 23, 1984 | 1984-049 | V9 L9 : Spacenet F1 | CSG / ELA1 | Success |
| Mar 5, 1984 | 1984-023 | L8 : INTELSAT V F8 (MCS-D) | CSG / ELA1 | Success |
| Oct 19, 1983 | 1983-105 | L7 : INTELSAT V F7 (MCS-C) | CSG / ELA1 | Success |
| Jun 16, 1983 | 1983-058 | L6 : AMSAT Phase III-B, ECS 1 | CSG / ELA1 | Success |
| Sep 10, 1982 | 1982-F06 | L5 : Sirio 2, Marecs B | CSG / ELA1 | Failure |
| Dec 20, 1981 | 1981-122 | L04 : CAT 04/VID, Marecs A | CSG / ELA1 | Success |
| Jun 19, 1981 | 1981-057 | L03 : CAT 03, Apple, Meteosat F2 | CSG / ELA1 | Success |
| May 23, 1980 | 1980-F01 | L02 : FIRE D (NRC), FIRE C (UCB), FIRE B (SRC) +4 more, FIRE E (MPE), Feuerrad, AMSAT Phase III-A, CAT 02 | CSG / ELA1 | Failure |
| Dec 24, 1979 | 1979-104 | L01 : CAT 01 | CSG / ELA1 | Success |