ELA-3
Launch pad at Kourou Space Centre, French Guiana
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ELA-3 (French: Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3, lit. 'Ariane Launch Complex 3') is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The complex was first used in June 1996 in support of the now retired Ariane 5 rocket. It is currently being refurbished to support Vega E launches.[1] The complex is 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) in size.[2]
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ELA-3 before the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope | |||||||||||
 Interactive map of Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 Ariane Launch Complex 3 | |||||||||||
| Launch site | Guiana Space Centre | ||||||||||
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| Location | 5.239°N 52.768°W | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−03 (GFT) | ||||||||||
| Short name | ELA-3 | ||||||||||
| Operator | Avio | ||||||||||
| Total launches | 117 | ||||||||||
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Launch history
Launch graph
Launch chart
| No. | Date | Time (UTC) | Launch vehicle | Configuration | Payload | Result | Remarks |
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| 1 | 4 June 1996 | 12:34 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Cluster | Failure | Maiden flight of Ariane 5 and first launch from ELA-3. Software error stemming from Ariane 4 legacy code caused vehicle to veer off course and disintegrate 37 seconds after launch.[3] |
| 2 | 30 October 1997 | 13:43 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | MaqSat-H, TEAMSAT, MaqSat-B, and YES | Partial failure[4] | First Ariane 5 flight to reach orbit. Upper stage underperformance led to payloads being placed in lower than planned orbit. |
| 3 | 21 October 1998 | 16:37 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | MaqSat 3 and ARD | Success | First fully successful Ariane 5 launch. Contained ARD as a rideshare, designed to test reentry. |
| 4 | 10 December 1999 | 14:32 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | XMM-Newton | Success | Part of Horizon 2000 program, a space telescope designed to perform x-ray astronomy. |
| 5 | 21 March 2000 | 23:28 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3B and AsiaStar | Success | |
| 6 | 14 September 2000 | 22:54 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Astra 2B and GE-7 | Success | |
| 7 | 16 November 2000 | 01:07 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | PAS-1R, Amsat P3D, STRV 1C and STRV 1D | Success | |
| 8 | 20 December 2000 | 00:26 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Astra 2D, GE-8 and LDREX | Success | |
| 9 | 8 March 2001 | 22:51 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Eutelsat 28A and BSAT-2a | Success | |
| 10 | 12 July 2001 | 22:58 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Artemis and BSAT-2b | Partial failure[5] | Upper stage underperformance led to payloads being placed into useless orbits. Artemis successfully recovered, BSAT-2b lost. |
| 11 | 1 March 2002 | 01:07 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Envisat | Success | Earth observation satellite designed to succeed the two European Remote-Sensing Satellites. Largest civilian observation satellite launched. |
| 12 | 5 July 2002 | 23:22 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Stellat 5 and N-Star c | Success | |
| 13 | 28 August 2002 | 22:45 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Atlantic Bird 1 and Meteosat 8 | Success | |
| 14 | 11 December 2002 | 22:22 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 7 and Stentor | Failure[6] | First stage engine failure led to vehicle's destruction by way of range safety. |
| 15 | 9 April 2003 | 22:52 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3A and Galaxy 12 | Success | |
| 16 | 11 June 2003 | 22:38 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | Optus and Defence C1 and BSAT-2c | Success | |
| 17 | 27 September 2003 | 23:14 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G | INSAT-3E, eBird 1 and SMART-1 | Success | |
| 18 | 2 March 2004 | 07:17 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G+ | Rosetta | Success | Part of the Horizon 2000 program, designed to explore comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. First spacecraft to orbit (and with Philae, first to land on) a comet, and first non-NASA spacecraft to reach the outer solar system. First Ariane 5 launch into heliocentric orbit. |
| 19 | 18 July 2004 | 00:44 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G+ | Anik F2 | Success | |
| 20 | 18 December 2004 | 16:26 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 G+ | Helios 2A, Essaim 1, 2, 3, 4, PARASOL and Nanosat 01 | Success | |
| 21 | 12 February 2005 | 21:03 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | XTAR-EUR, Maqsat-B2 and Sloshsat | Success | |
| 22 | 11 August 2005 | 08:20 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 GS | Thaicom 4 | Success | |
| 23 | 13 October 2005 | 22:32 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 GS | Syracuse 3A and Galaxy 15 | Success | |
| 24 | 16 November 2005 | 23:46 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Spaceway F2 and TELKOM-2 | Success | |
| 25 | 21 December 2005 | 22:33 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 GS | INSAT-4A and Meteosat 9 | Success | |
| 26 | 11 March 2006 | 22:32 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Spainsat and Hot Bird 7A | Success[7] | |
| 27 | 27 May 2006 | 21:09 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Satmex 6 and Thaicom 5 | Success[8] | |
| 28 | 11 August 2006 | 22:15 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-10 and Syracuse 3B | Success[9] | |
| 29 | 13 October 2006 | 20:56 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-9S, Optus D1 and LDREX-2 | Success[10] | |
| 30 | 8 December 2006 | 22:08 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | WildBlue 1 and AMC-18 | Success[11] | |
| 31 | 11 March 2007 | 22:03 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5A and INSAT-4B | Success[12] | |
| 32 | 4 May 2007 | 22:29 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 1L and Galaxy 17 | Success[13] | |
| 33 | 14 August 2007 | 23:44 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Spaceway-3 and BSAT-3A | Success[14] | |
| 34 | 5 October 2007 | 22:02 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 GS | Intelsat 11 and Optus D2 | Success[15] | |
| 35 | 14 November 2007 | 22:06 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5B and Star One C1 | Success[16] | |
| 36 | 21 December 2007 | 21:41 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 GS | RASCOM-QAF 1 and Horizons-2 | Success[17] | |
| 37 | 9 March 2008 | 04:03 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ES | ATV-1 "Jules Verne" | Success[18] | First flight of the Automated Transfer Vehicle, going to the International Space Station. Made Korou the third launch site (after Baikonur and Cape Canaveral/KSC) to launch a payload to the ISS. |
| 38 | 18 April 2008 | 22:17 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C2 and Vinasat-1 | Success[19] | |
| 39 | 12 June 2008 | 22:05 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Turksat 3A and Skynet 5C | Success[20] | |
| 40 | 7 July 2008 | 21:47 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Badr-6 and ProtoStar I | Success[21] | |
| 41 | 14 August 2008 | 20:44 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | AMC-21 and Superbird 7 | Success[22] | |
| 42 | 20 December 2008 | 22:35 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat W2M and Hot Bird 9 | Success[23] | |
| 43 | 12 February 2009 | 22:09 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, and Spirale B | Success[24] | |
| 44 | 14 May 2009 | 13:12 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Herschel Space Observatory and Planck | Success[25] | Both part of the Horizon 2000 program, both space telescopes. Herschel designed to perform infrared astronomy, Planck designed to measure the cosmic microwave background. |
| 45 | 1 July 2009 | 19:52 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | TerreStar-1 | Success[26] | |
| 46 | 21 August 2009 | 22:09 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 | Success[27] | |
| 47 | 1 October 2009 | 21:59 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Amazonas 2 and COMSATBw-1 | Success[28] | |
| 48 | 29 October 2009 | 20:00 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | NSS-12 and Thor 6 | Success[29] | |
| 49 | 18 December 2009 | 16:26 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 GS | Helios 2B | Success[30] | |
| 50 | 21 May 2010 | 22:01 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 3B and COMSATBw-2 | Success[31] | |
| 51 | 16 June 2010 | 21:41 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Arabsat-5A and COMS-1 | Success[32] | |
| 52 | 4 August 2010 | 20:59 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Nilesat 201 and RASCOM-QAF 1R | Success[33] | |
| 53 | 28 October 2010 | 21:51 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat W3B and BSAT-3b | Success[34] | |
| 54 | 26 November 2010 | 18:39 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 17 and HYLAS 1 | Success[35] | |
| 55 | 29 December 2010 | 21:27 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Koreasat 6 and HispaSat-1E | Success[36] | |
| 56 | 16 February 2011 | 21:50 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ES | ATV-2 "Johannes Kepler" | Success[37] | ISS resupply flight. |
| 57 | 22 April 2011 | 21:37 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Yahsat 1A and Intelsat New Dawn | Success[38] | |
| 58 | 20 May 2011 | 20:38 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | ST-2 and GSAT-8 | Success[39] | |
| 59 | 6 August 2011 | 22:52 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 1N and BSAT 3c | Success[40] | |
| 60 | 21 September 2011 | 21:38 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Arabsat-5C and SES-2 | Success[41] | |
| 61 | 23 March 2012 | 04:34 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ES | ATV-3 "Edoardo Amaldi" | Success[42] | ISS resupply flight. |
| 62 | 15 May 2012 | 22:13 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2 | Success[43] | |
| 63 | 5 July 2012 | 21:36 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | EchoStar XVII and MSG-3 | Success[44] | |
| 64 | 2 August 2012 | 20:54 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 20 and HYLAS 2 | Success[45] | |
| 65 | 28 September 2012 | 21:18 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 2F and GSAT-10 | Success[46] | |
| 66 | 10 November 2012 | 21:05 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 21B and Star One C3 | Success[47] | |
| 67 | 19 December 2012 | 21:49 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Skynet 5D and MEXSAT-3 | Success[48] | |
| 68 | 7 February 2013 | 21:36 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Amazonas-3 and Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a | Success[49] | |
| 69 | 5 June 2013 | 21:52 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ES | ATV-4 "Albert Einstein" | Success[50] | ISS resupply flight. |
| 70 | 25 July 2013 | 19:54 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Alphasat I-XL and INSAT-3D | Success[51] | |
| 71 | 29 August 2013 | 20:30 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 and GSAT-7 | Success[52] | |
| 72 | 6 February 2014 | 21:30 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | ABS-2 and Athena-Fidus | Success[53] | |
| 73 | 22 March 2014 | 22:04 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 5B and Amazonas 4A | Success[54] | |
| 74 | 29 July 2014 | 23:47 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ES | ATV-5 "Georges Lemaître" | Success[55] | ISS resupply flight. Final launch of the Automated Transfer Vehicle. |
| 75 | 11 September 2014 | 22:05 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | MEASAT 3b and Optus 10 | Success[56] | |
| 76 | 16 October 2014 | 21:43 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 30 and ARSAT-1 | Success[57] | |
| 77 | 6 December 2014 | 20:40 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-14 and GSAT-16 | Success[58] | |
| 78 | 26 April 2015 | 20:00 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Thor 7 and SICRAL-2 | Success[59] | |
| 79 | 27 May 2015 | 21:16 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-15 and Sky Mexico 1 | Success[60] | |
| 80 | 15 July 2015 | 21:42 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C4 and MSG-4 | Success[61] | |
| 81 | 20 August 2015 | 20:34 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 8 West B and Intelsat 34 | Success[62] | |
| 82 | 30 September 2015 | 20:30 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | NBN Co 1A and ARSAT-2 | Success[63] | |
| 83 | 10 November 2015 | 21:34 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Arabsat-6B and GSAT-15 | Success[64] | |
| 84 | 27 January 2016 | 23:20 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 29e | Success[65] | |
| 85 | 9 March 2016 | 05:20 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 65 West A | Success[66] | |
| 86 | 18 June 2016 | 21:38 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | EchoStar 18 and BRIsat | Success | |
| 87 | 24 August 2016 | 22:16 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 | Success | |
| 88 | 5 October 2016 | 20:30 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Sky Muster II and GSAT-18 | Success | |
| 89 | 17 November 2016 | 10:07 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ES | Galileo FOC M6 | Success | Part of the Galileo satellite navigation system. First Galileo launch on Ariane 5 and from a launch vehicle besides Soyuz. |
| 90 | 21 December 2016 | 17:30 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Star One D1 and JCSAT-15 | Success | |
| 91 | 14 February 2017 | 18:39 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil-1 and Telkom 3S | Success | |
| 92 | 4 May 2017 | 21:50 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Koreasat 7 and SGDC-1 | Success | |
| 93 | 1 June 2017 | 23:45 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | ViaSat-2 and Eutelsat 172B | Success | |
| 94 | 28 June 2017 | 21:15 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3 and GSAT-17 | Success | |
| 95 | 29 September 2017 | 21:56 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Intelsat 37e, BSAT-4a | Success | |
| 96 | 12 December 2017 | 18:36 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ES | Galileo FOC M7 | Success | Part of the Galileo satellite navigation system. |
| 97 | 25 January 2018 | 22:20 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | SES-14 (with GOLD) and Al Yah 3 | Partial failure | Part of the Explorers program for GOLD, designed to study the effects of space weather on Earth's atmosphere. First dedicated NASA mission to launch from Korou. Azimuth error led to vehicle heading off course and losing telemetry. SES-14/GOLD recovered without affecting mission, Al Yah 3 recovered at cost of significant reduction to lifespan. |
| 98 | 5 April 2018 | 21:34 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Superbird-8 / DSN-1 and HYLAS-4 | Success | |
| 99 | 25 July 2018 | 11:25 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ES | Galileo FOC M8 | Success | Part of the Galileo satellite navigation system. |
| 100 | 25 September 2018 | 22:38 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Horizons-3e and Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38 | Success | |
| 101 | 20 October 2018 | 01:45 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | BepiColombo | Success | Part of the Horizon 2000 Plus program, designed to explore Mercury and study its magnetic field, magnetosphere, and composition. Joint mission between ESA and JAXA. First non-NASA spacecraft to visit the planet. |
| 102 | 4 December 2018 | 20:37 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | GSAT-11 and GEO-KOMPSAT 2A | Success | |
| 103 | 5 February 2019 | 21:01 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | GSAT-31 and Hellas Sat 4 / SaudiGeoSat 1 | Success | |
| 104 | 20 June 2019 | 21:43 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | DirecTV-16 and Eutelsat 7C | Success | |
| 105 | 6 August 2019 | 19:30 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | EDRS-C/HYLAS-3 and Intelsat 39 | Success | |
| 106 | 26 November 2019 | 21:23 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Inmarsat-5 F5 and TIBA-1 | Success | |
| 107 | 16 January 2020 | 21:05 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat Konnect and GSAT-30 | Success | |
| 108 | 18 February 2020 | 22:18 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B | Success | |
| 109 | 15 August 2020 | 22:04 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | BSAT-4b, Galaxy 30, MEV-2 | Success | |
| 110 | 30 July 2021 | 21:00 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat Quantum and Star One D2 | Success | |
| 111 | 21 October 2021 | 02:10 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | SES-17 and Syracuse 4A | Success | |
| 112 | 25 December 2021 | 12:20 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | James Webb Space Telescope | Success | Part of the Large Strategic Science Missions, a space telescope aimed to perform visible light astronomy and infrared astronomy. Joint mission between NASA, ESA, and the CSA. Designed to act as a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope. |
| 113 | 23 June 2022 | 21:50 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24 | Success | |
| 114 | 7 September 2022 | 21:45 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat Konnect VHTS | Success | |
| 115 | 23 December 2022 | 20:30 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Galaxy 35 & 36 and MTG-I1 | Success | |
| 116 | 14 April 2023 | 12:14 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer | Success | Part of the Cosmic Vision program, designed to explore Jupiter and its moons such as Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Complements NASA's Europa Clipper. Slated to be first Non-NASA spacecraft to visit an outer Solar System planet and the first to orbit a moon besides the Moon. Last Ariane 5 flight into heliocentric orbit. |
| 117 | 5 July 2023 | 22:00 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Syracuse 4B and Heinrich Hertz | Success | Final launch of the Ariane 5. Most recent flight from ELA-3. |
