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Ariane 5G Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Ariane 5G, 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 5G made 16 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1996 and 2003. It is part of the Ariane family. Of those, 14 succeeded and 2 failed. The success rate comes to 88 percent. The busiest year was 2000, with 4 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 2003.

16
Launch attempts
14
Successes
2
Failures
88%
Success rate

Launches per year

1 2 3 4 1996: 1 launch (0 successes, 1 failure) 1997: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1998: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 1999: 1 launch (1 success, 0 failures) 2000: 4 launches (4 successes, 0 failures) 2001: 2 launches (1 success, 1 failure) 2002: 3 launches (3 successes, 0 failures) 2003: 3 launches (3 successes, 0 failures) 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Successes Failures Each bar links to that year's full chronology.

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
2003 3 3 0 100%
2002 3 3 0 100%
2001 2 1 1 50%
2000 4 4 0 100%
1999 1 1 0 100%
1998 1 1 0 100%
1997 1 1 0 100%
1996 1 0 1 0%

Launch sites used

Sites the Ariane 5G launched from, across every launch in the catalog.

Site Country Launches Successes Failures
CSG 🇪🇺Europe 16 14 2

Launch chronology

Every Ariane 5G launch in the catalog, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Site / Pad Outcome
Sep 27, 2003 2003-043 V162 (516) : Insat 3E, SMART-1, e-Bird CSG / ELA3 Success
Jun 11, 2003 2003-028 V161 (515) : Optus C1/D, BSAT-2c CSG / ELA3 Success
Apr 9, 2003 2003-013 V160 (514) : Galaxy XII, Insat 3A CSG / ELA3 Success
Aug 28, 2002 2002-040 V155 (513) : MSG 1, Atlantic Bird 1 CSG / ELA3 Success
Jul 5, 2002 2002-035 V153 (512) : N-Star c, Stellat 5 CSG / ELA3 Success
Mar 1, 2002 2002-009 V145 (511) : Envisat PPF CSG / ELA3 Success
Jul 12, 2001 2001-029 V142 (510) : BSAT-2b, Artemis CSG / ELA3 Failure
Mar 8, 2001 2001-011 V140 (509) : BSAT-2a, Eurobird CSG / ELA3 Success
Dec 20, 2000 2000-081 V138 (508) : LDREX, GE 8, Astra 2D CSG / ELA3 Success
Nov 16, 2000 2000-072 V135 (507) : STRV 1d, STRV 1c, AMSAT Phase III-D
+1 more , PAS 1R
CSG / ELA3 Success
Sep 14, 2000 2000-054 V130 (506) : GE 7, Astra 2B CSG / ELA3 Success
Mar 21, 2000 2000-016 V128 (505) : Insat 3B, Asiastar CSG / ELA3 Success
Dec 10, 1999 1999-066 V119 (504a) : XMM CSG / ELA3 Success
Oct 21, 1998 1998-059 V112 (503) : Atmospheric Reentry Demo, Maqsat-3 CSG / ELA3 Success
Oct 30, 1997 1997-066 V101 (502) : Maqsat-H, Young Engineers Satellite, Maqsat-B
+1 more , TEAMSAT
CSG / ELA3 Success
Jun 4, 1996 1996-F03 V88 (501) : Cluster F2, Cluster F1, Cluster F4
+1 more , Cluster F3
CSG / ELA3 Failure
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