List of Ariane launches (1979–1989)

This is a list of launches performed by Ariane carrier rockets between 1979, when the type first flew, and 1989. This period includes all flights of the Ariane 1

Ariane 1

Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...

, Ariane 2

Ariane 2

Ariane 2 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for six launches between 1986 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets, and was produced by Aérospatiale in France....

and Ariane 3, as well as early Ariane 4

Ariane 4

Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. Ariane 4 was justly known as the ‘workhorse’ of the Ariane family. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the last, on 15 February 2003, it...

launches.

Date (GMT)	Variant	Configuration	Serial N^o	Payload	Orbit	Outcome	Remarks
24 December 1979, 17:14	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-01	CAT-1	MEO Medium Earth Orbit Medium Earth orbit , sometimes called intermediate circular orbit , is the region of space around the Earth above low Earth orbit and below geostationary orbit ....	Successful	Development flight
23 May 1980, 14:29	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-02	Firewheel Feurrad AMSAT-3A CAT-2		Failure	Failed to reach orbit due to combustion instability during first stage burn, first launch to be conducted by Arianespace Arianespace Arianespace SA is a French company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial space transportation company. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane 5 rocket launcher as part of the Ariane programme....
19 June 1981, 12:32:02	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-03	Meteosat 2 Apple CAT-3	GTO	Successful
20 December 1981, 01:29	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-04	MARCES-1 CAT-4	GTO	Successful
9 September 1982, 02:12	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-05	MARCES-B Sirio-2	GTO	Failure	Third stage turbopump malfunction
16 June 1983, 11:59	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-06	Eutelsat-1 Oscar-10	GTO	Successful
19 October 1983, 00:45	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-07	Intelsat 507	GTO	Successful
5 March 1984, 00:50	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-08	Intelsat 508	GTO	Successful
23 May 1984, 01:33	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		L-09	Spacnet F1	GTO	Successful
4 August 1984, 13:32	Ariane 3		V-10	Eutelsat-2 Telecom 1A	GTO	Successful	Maiden flight of Ariane 3
10 November 1984, 01:14	Ariane 3		V-11	Spacenet F2 MARCES-2	GTO	Successful
8 February 1985, 23:22	Ariane 3		V-12	Arabsat-1A Arabsat-1A Arabsat-1A was a Saudi Arabian communications satellite which was operated by Arabsat. It was used to provide communication services to the Arab States. It was constructed by Aérospatiale, based on the Spacebus 100 satellite bus, and carries two NATO E/F-band and 25 NATO G/H-Band transponders... Brasilsat-A1	GTO	Successful
8 May 1985, 01:15	Ariane 3		V-13	GStar-1 Telecom 1B	GTO	Successful
2 July 1985, 11:23	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		V-14	Giotto Giotto mission Giotto was a European robotic spacecraft mission from the European Space Agency, intended to fly by and study Halley's Comet. On 13 March 1986, the mission succeeded in approaching Halley's nucleus at a distance of 596 kilometers....	HCO Heliocentric orbit A heliocentric orbit is an orbit around the Sun. All planets, comets, and asteroids in our Solar System are in such orbits, as are many artificial probes and pieces of debris. The moons of planets in the Solar System, by contrast, are not in heliocentric orbits as they orbit their respective planet...	Successful
12 September 1985, 23:26	Ariane 3		V-15	Eutelsat-3 Spacenet F3	GTO (Planned)	Failure	Third stage failed to ignite
22 February 1986, 01:44	Ariane 1 Ariane 1 Ariane 1 is the first version of the Ariane launcher family. Ariane 1 was designed primarily to put two telecommunications satellites at a time into orbit, thus reducing costs. As the size of the satellites grew Ariane 1 gave way to the more powerful Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 launchers.- Vehicle...		V-16	SPOT-1 Viking Viking (satellite) Viking was Sweden's first satellite. It was launched on an Ariane 1 rocket as a piggyback payload together with the French satellite SPOT 1, on February 22, 1986. Operations ended on May 12, 1987...	SSO	Successful	Final flight of Ariane 1
28 March 1986, 23:30	Ariane 3		V-17	GStar-2 Brasilsat-A2	GTO	Successful
31 May 1986, 00:53	Ariane 2 Ariane 2 Ariane 2 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for six launches between 1986 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets, and was produced by Aérospatiale in France....		V-18	Intelsat 5A14	GTO	Failure	Maiden flight of Ariane 2 Third stage failed to ignite
16 September 1987, 00:45	Ariane 3		V-19	Aussat-A3 Eutelsat 1F4	GTO	Successful
21 November 1987, 02:19	Ariane 2 Ariane 2 Ariane 2 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for six launches between 1986 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets, and was produced by Aérospatiale in France....		V-20	TVSAT-1	GTO	Successful
11 March 1988, 23:28	Ariane 3		V-21	Spacenet F3R Telecom 1C	GTO	Successful
17 May 1988, 23:58	Ariane 2 Ariane 2 Ariane 2 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for six launches between 1986 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets, and was produced by Aérospatiale in France....		V-23	Intelsat 3AF13	GTO	Successful
15 June 1988, 11:19	Ariane 4 Ariane 4 Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. Ariane 4 was justly known as the ‘workhorse’ of the Ariane family. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the last, on 15 February 2003, it...	44LP	V-22	Meteosat 3 Panamsat-1 Oscar 13	GTO	Successful
21 July 1988, 23:12	Ariane 3		V-24	Insat 1C Eutelsat 1F5	GTO	Successful
8 September 1988, 23:00	Ariane 3		V-25	GStar-5 SBS-5	GTO	Successful
28 October 1988, 02:17	Ariane 2 Ariane 2 Ariane 2 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for six launches between 1986 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets, and was produced by Aérospatiale in France....		V-26	TDF-1	GTO	Successful
11 December 1988, 00:33	Ariane 4 Ariane 4 Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. Ariane 4 was justly known as the ‘workhorse’ of the Ariane family. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the last, on 15 February 2003, it...	44LP	V-27	Skynet 4B Astra 1A Astra 1A Astra 1A was the first satellite launched and operated by SES . During its early days, it was often referred to as the Astra Satellite, as SES only operated one satellite originally....	GTO	Successful
27 January 1989, 01:21	Ariane 2 Ariane 2 Ariane 2 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for six launches between 1986 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets, and was produced by Aérospatiale in France....		V-28	Intelsat 3AF15	GTO	Successful
6 March 1989, 23:29	Ariane 4 Ariane 4 Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. Ariane 4 was justly known as the ‘workhorse’ of the Ariane family. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the last, on 15 February 2003, it...	44LP	V-29	JCSAT-1 Meteosat 4	GTO	Successful
2 April 1989, 02:28	Ariane 2 Ariane 2 Ariane 2 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for six launches between 1986 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets, and was produced by Aérospatiale in France....		V-30	TELE-X Tele-X Tele-X was the first communications satellite serving the Nordic countries. It was launched with an Ariane 2 rocket from Kourou, French Guyana, on April 2, 1989. On January 16, 1998, its fuel was exhausted and it was moved into graveyard orbit...	GTO	Successful	Final flight of Ariane 2
5 June 1989, 22:37	Ariane 4 Ariane 4 Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. Ariane 4 was justly known as the ‘workhorse’ of the Ariane family. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the last, on 15 February 2003, it...	44L	V-31	Superbird-A DFS-1	GTO	Successful
12 July 1989, 00:14	Ariane 3		V-32	Olympus-1 Olympus-1 Olympus-1 was a communications satellite built by British Aerospace for the European Space Agency. At the time of its launch on 12 July 1989, it was the largest civilian telecomms satellite ever built, and sometimes known as "LargeSat" or "L-Sat"...	GTO	Successful	Final flight of Ariane 3
8 August 1989, 23:25:53	Ariane 4 Ariane 4 Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. Ariane 4 was justly known as the ‘workhorse’ of the Ariane family. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the last, on 15 February 2003, it...	44LP	V-33	TVSAT-2 Hipparcos Hipparcos Hipparcos was a scientific mission of the European Space Agency , launched in 1989 and operated between 1989 and 1993. It was the first space experiment devoted to precision astrometry, the accurate measurement of the positions of celestial objects on the sky...	GTO	Successful
27 October 1989, 23:05	Ariane 4 Ariane 4 Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. Ariane 4 was justly known as the ‘workhorse’ of the Ariane family. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the last, on 15 February 2003, it...	44L	V-34	Intelsat 6AF2	GTO	Successful

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