ELA-2

Launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ELA-2 (French: Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 2, lit. 'Ariane Launch Complex 2') is a launch pad at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Located approximately 750 metres south of ELA-1, it was used by Arianespace to support the launches of Ariane 2, Ariane 3, and Ariane 4 between 1986 and 2003.

Launch siteGuiana Space Centre
Coordinates5.232°N 52.776°W / 5.232; -52.776[1]
Short nameELA-2
OperatorArianespace/ESA
Quick facts Launch site, Coordinates ...
Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 2
Ariane Launch Complex 2
ELA-2 in 2007, four years after Ariane 4's retirement.
Interactive map of Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 2
Ariane Launch Complex 2
Launch siteGuiana Space Centre
Coordinates5.232°N 52.776°W / 5.232; -52.776[1]
Short nameELA-2
OperatorArianespace/ESA
Total launches119
Launch pad1
Orbital inclination
range		5°-100°[2]
Launch history
StatusInactive
First launch28 March 1986 (1986-03-28)[3]
Ariane 3 (GStar-2 and Brasilsat-A2)
Last launch15 February 2003[3]
Ariane 4 (Intelsat 907)
Associated
rockets		Ariane 4, Ariane 3, Ariane 2
Close

Following the retirement of the Ariane 4 in favour of the Ariane 5, ELA-2 was deactivated.[4] In September 2011 the pad's mobile service tower was demolished using explosives.[5]

Launch history

3
6
9
12
15
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
Launch Sites at the Guiana Space Centre
About OpenStreetMaps
Maps: terms of use
4km
2.5miles
7
7 ELS
7 ELS
6
6 ELA-4
(Ariane 6)
6 ELA-4
6 ELA-4
5
5
5 ELA-3
5 ELA-3
4
4
4 ELA-2
4 ELA-2
3
3 ELV
(Vega-C)
3 ELV
3 ELV
2
1

  Active pads
  Inactive tenanted pads
  Inactive untenanted pads
1
ELFS
2
ELM
3
ELV
4
ELA-2
5
ELA-3
6
ELA-4
7
ELS
More information No., Date ...
No. Date Time (UTC) Launch vehicle Configuration Payload Result Remarks
1 28 March 1986 23:30 Ariane 3 Ariane 3 GStar-2 and Brasilsat-A2 Success First launch from ELA-2 and first of two Ariane 3 flights from the complex.
2 21 November 1987 02:19 Ariane 2 Ariane 2 TVSAT-1 Success Only Ariane 2 launch from ELA-2.
3 15 June 1988 11:19 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Meteosat 3, Panamsat-1, and Oscar 13 Success Maiden flight of the Ariane 4.
4 8 September 1988 23:00 Ariane 3 Ariane 3 GStar-5 and SBS-5 Success Final of two Ariane 3 launches from ELA-2. Most recent non-Ariane 4 flight from the complex.
5 11 December 1988 00:33 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Skynet 4B and Astra 1A Success
6 6 March 1989 23:29 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP JCSAT-1 and Meteosat 4 Success
7 5 June 1989 22:37 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Superbird-A and DFS-1 Success
8 8 August 1989 23:25 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP TVSAT-2 and Hipparcos Success Space telescope for Hipparcos, designed to conduct an astrometric survey of stars in the night sky.
9 27 October 1989 23:05 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Intelsat 602 Success
10 22 January 1990 01:35 Ariane 4 Ariane 40 SPOT-2 and Oscar 14 through Oscar 19 Success
11 22 February 1990 23:17 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Superbird-B and BS-2X Failure Handkerchief left in Viking engine waterline led to first stage failure and vehicle self-destruction.
12 24 July 1990 22:25 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L TDF-2 and DFS-2 Success
13 30 August 1990 22:46 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Skynet 4C and Eutelsat 2F1 Success
14 12 October 1990 22:58 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L SBS-6 and Galaxy-6 Success
15 20 November 1990 23:11 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P Satcom C1 and GStar-4 Success
16 15 January 1991 23:10 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Italsat-1 and Eutelsat 2F2 Success
17 2 March 1991 23:36 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Astra 1B and Meteosat 5 Success
18 4 April 1991 23:33 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Anik E2 Success
19 17 July 1991 01:46 Ariane 4 Ariane 40 ERS-1 and rideshares Success First of two European Remote-Sensing satellites, ESA's first Earth observation satellite program.
20 14 August 1991 23:15 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Intelsat 605 Success
21 26 September 1991 23:43 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Anik E1 Success
22 29 October 1991 23:08 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Intelsat 601 Success
23 16 December 1991 22:19 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Telecom 2A and Inmarsat 2F3 Success
24 26 February 1992 23:58 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Superbird-B1 and Arabsat-1C Success
25 15 April 1992 23:25 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L+ Telecom 2B and Inmarsat-2F4 Success
26 9 July 1992 22:42 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Insat-2A and Eutelsat 2F4 Success
27 10 August 1992 23:08 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P TOPEX/Poseidon, Oscar 23, and S80/T Success First launch of the Jason satellite series for TOPEX/Poseidon, aiming to study oceanography. Collaboration between NASA and CNES.
28 10 September 1992 23:04 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP+ Hispasat 1A and Satcom C3 Success
29 28 October 1992 00:15 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P+ Galaxy-7 Success
30 1 December 1992 22:48 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P+ Superbird A1 Success
31 12 May 1993 00:56 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L Astra 1C and Arsene Success
32 25 June 1993 00:18 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P+ Galaxy-4 Success
33 22 July 1993 22:58 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Hispasat 1B and Insat-2B Success
34 26 September 1993 01:45 Ariane 4 Ariane 40 SPOT-3 and rideshares Success
35 22 October 1993 06:46 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Intelsat 701 Success
36 20 November 1993 01:17 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Solidaridad 1 and Meteosat 6 Success
37 18 December 1993 01:27 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L DBS-1 and Thaicom-1 Success
38 24 January 1994 21:37 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Eutelsat 2F5 and Turksat 1A Failure Third stage turbopump malfunction led to failure to achieve orbit.
39 17 June 1994 07:07 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Intelsat 702 and STRV 1A & 1B Success
40 8 July 1994 23:05 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L PanAmSat-2 and Yuri-3N Success
41 10 August 1994 23:05 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Brasilsat B1 and Turksat 1B Success
42 9 September 1994 00:29 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L+ Telstar 402 Success
43 8 October 1994 01:07 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Solidaridad-2 andThaicom-2 Success
44 1 November 1994 00:37 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P Astra 1D Success
45 1 December 1994 22:57 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P PanAmSat-3 Failure Third stage gas generator malfunction led to failure to achieve orbit.
46 28 March 1995 11:19 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP+ Brasilsat B2 and Hot Bird 1 Success
47 21 April 1995 01:44 Ariane 4 Ariane 40+ ERS-2 Success Second of two European Remote-Sensing satellites, ESA's first Earth observation satellite program.
48 17 May 1995 06:34 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Intelsat 706 Success
49 10 June 1995 00:24 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P DBS-3 Success
50 7 July 1995 16:23 Ariane 4 Ariane 40 Hélios 1A, Cerise, andLBSAT/UPM-Sat 1 Success
51 3 August 1995 22:58 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 PanAmSat-4 Success
52 29 August 1995 06:41 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P N-Star A Success
53 24 September 1995 00:06 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 Telstar 402R Success
54 19 October 1995 00:28 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 Astra 1E Success
55 17 November 1995 01:20 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Infrared Space Observatory Success Space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Collaboration between ESA, NASA, and ISAS.
56 6 December 1995 23:23 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Telecom 2C and Insat 2C Success
57 12 January 1996 23:10 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L PanAmSat-3R

Measat-1

 Success
58 5 February 1996 07:19 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P N-STAR b Success
59 14 March 1996 07:11 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Intelsat 707 Success
60 20 April 1996 22:36 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P MSAT-1 Success
61 16 May 1996 01:56 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Palapa C2 and AMOS-1 Success
62 15 June 1996 06:55 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Intelsat 709 Success
63 9 July 1996 22:24 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Arabsat-2A and Türksat 1C Success
64 8 August 1996 22:49 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Italsat F2 and Telecom 2D Success
65 11 September 1996 00:00 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P Echostar-2 Success
66 13 November 1996 22:40 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Arabsat-2B and Measat-2 Success
67 30 January 1997 22:04 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L GE-2 and Nahuel 1A Success
68 1 March 1997 01:07 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Intelsat 801 Success
69 16 April 1997 23:08 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Thaicom 3 and BSAT 1a Success
70 3 June 1997 23:20 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Inmarsat 3F4 and Insat 2D Success
71 25 June 1997 23:44 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Intelsat 802 Success
72 8 August 1997 06:46 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P PanAmSat-6 Success
73 2 September 1997 22:21 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Hot Bird 3 and Meteosat 7 Success
74 23 September 1997 23:58 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 Intelsat 803 Success
75 12 November 1997 21:48 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Sirius-2 and Cakrawarta-1 Success
76 2 December 1997 22:52 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P JCSAT-5 and Equator-S Success
77 22 December 1997 00:16 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 Intelsat 804 Success
78 4 February 1998 23:29 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Brasilsat B3 and Inmarsat 3F5 Success
79 27 February 1998 22:38 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P Hot Bird 4 Success
80 24 March 1998 01:46 Ariane 4 Ariane 40 SPOT-4 Success
81 28 April 1998 22:53 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Nilesat-1 and BSAT-1B Success
82 25 August 1998 23:07 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P ST-1 Success
83 16 September 1998 06:31 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP PanAmSat 7 Success
84 5 October 1998 22:51 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Eutelsat W2 and Sirius-3 Success
85 28 October 1998 22:15 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Afristar and GE-5 Success
86 6 December 1998 00:43 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 Satmex 5 Success
87 22 December 1998 01:08 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 PanAmSat-6B Success
88 26 February 1999 22:44 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Arabsat-3A and Skynet 4E Success
89 2 April 1999 22:03 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P Insat-2E Success
90 12 August 1999 22:52 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P Telkom-1 Success
91 4 September 1999 22:34 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P Koreasat-3 Success
92 25 September 1999 06:29 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Telstar 7 Success
93 19 October 1999 06:22 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Orion 2 Success
94 13 November 1999 22:54 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP GE-4 Success
95 3 December 1999 16:22 Ariane 4 Ariane 40 Helios 1B and Clémentine Success
96 22 December 1999 00:50 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L-3 Galaxy-11 Success
97 25 January 2000 01:04 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 Galaxy 10R Success
98 18 February 2000 01:04 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP Superbird 4 Success
99 19 April 2000 00:29 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 Galaxy 4R Success
100 17 August 2000 23:16 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP-3 Brasilsat B4 and Nilesat 102 Success
101 6 September 2000 22:33 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Eutelsat W1 Success
102 6 October 2000 23:00 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 N-SAT 110 Success
103 29 October 2000 05:59 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP-3 EuropeStar F1 Success
104 21 November 2000 23:56 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L-3 Anik F1 Success
105 10 January 2001 22:09 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P-3 Turksat 2A Success
106 7 February 2001 23:05 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L-3 Sicral-1 and Skynet 4F Success
107 9 June 2001 06:45 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L-3 Intelsat 901 Success
108 30 August 2001 05:46 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L-3 Intelsat 902 Success
109 25 September 2001 23:21 Ariane 4 Ariane 44P Atlantic Bird 2 Success
110 27 November 2001 05:59 Ariane 4 Ariane 44LP-3 DirecTV-4S Success
111 23 January 2002 23:46 Ariane 4 Ariane 42L-3 Insat 3C Success
112 23 February 2002 06:59 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Intelsat 904 Success
113 29 March 2002 01:29 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Astra 3A and JCSAT-8 Success
114 16 April 2002 23:02 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L-3 NSS-7 Success
115 4 May 2002 01:31 Ariane 4 Ariane 42P SPOT-5 and IDEFIX Success
116 5 June 2002 06:44 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Intelsat 905 Success
117 6 September 2002 06:44 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Intelsat 906 Success
118 17 December 2002 23:04 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L NSS-6 Success
119 15 February 2003 07:00 Ariane 4 Ariane 44L Intelsat 907 Success Final launch of Ariane 4. Most recent flight from ELA-2.
Close

See also

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI