Ariane 2 Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Ariane 2, 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 2 made 6 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1986 and 1989. It is part of the Ariane family. Of those, 5 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 83 percent. The busiest year was 1988, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1989.

6
Launch attempts
5
Successes
1
Failures
83%
Success rate

Launches per year

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
1989 2 2 0 100%
1988 2 2 0 100%
1987 1 1 0 100%
1986 1 0 1 0%

Launch sites used

Sites the Ariane 2 launched from, across every launch in the catalog.

Site Country Launches Successes Failures
CSG 🇪🇺Europe 6 5 1

Launch chronology

Every Ariane 2 launch in the catalog, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Site / Pad Outcome
Apr 2, 1989 1989-027 V30 L27 : Tele-X CSG / ELA1 Success
Jan 27, 1989 1989-006 V28 L26 : INTELSAT VA F15 (IBS) CSG / ELA1 Success
Oct 28, 1988 1988-098 V26 L25 : TDF 1 CSG / ELA1 Success
May 17, 1988 1988-040 V23 L22 : INTELSAT VA F13 (IBS) CSG / ELA1 Success
Nov 21, 1987 1987-095 V20 L20 : TV-SAT CSG / ELA2 Success
May 31, 1986 1986-F05 V18 L18 : INTELSAT VA F14 (IBS) CSG / ELA1 Failure