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Ariane 42P Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Ariane 42P, 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 42P made 15 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1990 and 2002. It is part of the Ariane family. Of those, 14 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 93 percent. The busiest year was 1992, with 3 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 2002.

15
Launch attempts
14
Successes
1
Failures
93%
Success rate

Launches per year

1 2 3 1990: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1991: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 1992: 3 launches (3 successes, 0 failures) 1993: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1994: 2 launches (1 success, 1 failure) 1995: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1996: 2 launches (2 successes, 0 failures) 1997: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 1998: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1999: 3 launches (3 successes, 0 failures) 2000: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 2001: 0 launches (0 successes, 0 failures) 2002: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Successes Failures Each bar links to that year's full chronology.

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
2002 1 1 0 100%
1999 3 3 0 100%
1998 1 1 0 100%
1996 2 2 0 100%
1995 1 1 0 100%
1994 2 1 1 50%
1993 1 1 0 100%
1992 3 3 0 100%
1990 1 1 0 100%

Launch sites used

Sites the Ariane 42P launched from, across every launch in the catalog.

Site Country Launches Successes Failures
CSG 🇪🇺Europe 15 14 1

Launch chronology

Every Ariane 42P launch in the catalog, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Site / Pad Outcome
May 4, 2002 2002-021 V151 L4112 : Idefix CU-2, Idefix CU-1, SPOT 5 CSG / ELA2 Success
Sep 4, 1999 1999-046 V120 L488d : Koreasat 3 CSG / ELA2 Success
Aug 12, 1999 1999-042 V118 L487f : Telkom 1 CSG / ELA2 Success
Apr 2, 1999 1999-016 V117 L486b : Insat 2E CSG / ELA2 Success
Feb 27, 1998 1998-013 V106 L476c : Eutelsat HB4 CSG / ELA2 Success
Sep 11, 1996 1996-055 V91 L462 : Echostar 2 CSG / ELA2 Success
Apr 20, 1996 1996-022 V85 L457 : MSAT-1 CSG / ELA2 Success
Jun 10, 1995 1995-029 V74 L446b : DBS 3 CSG / ELA2 Success
Dec 1, 1994 1994-F04 V70 L442a : Panamsat K2 CSG / ELA2 Failure
Nov 1, 1994 1994-070 V69 L441 : Astra 1D CSG / ELA2 Success
Jun 25, 1993 1993-039 V57 L430b : Galaxy IVH CSG / ELA2 Success
Dec 1, 1992 1992-084 V55 L427a : Superbird A1 CSG / ELA2 Success
Oct 28, 1992 1992-072 V54 L426a : Galaxy VII CSG / ELA2 Success
Aug 10, 1992 1992-052 V52 L424b : S80/T, Kitsat A, Topex-Poseidon CSG / ELA2 Success
Nov 20, 1990 1990-100 V40 L412b : Gstar 4, Satcom C-1 CSG / ELA2 Success
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