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This is a list of [[Engineering:List of Ariane launches|launches]] performed or scheduled to be performed by [[Engineering:Ariane (rocket family)|Ariane]] [[Engineering:Launch vehicle|launch vehicle]]s between 2020 and 2029. During this time, the [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] will be retired in favour of the [[Engineering:Ariane 6|Ariane 6 rocket]].

== Launch statistics ==

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=== Rocket configurations ===
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=== Launch outcomes ===
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== Launch history ==
Source: Arianespace Press Kits <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/|title=Press kits Archive - Arianespace|website=Arianespace|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401093252/http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/|archive-date=1 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2020 ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
|- 
! scope="col" | Flight No.
! scope="col" | Date<br/>Time ([[UTC]])
! scope="col" | Rocket type<br/>Serial No.
! scope="col" | Launch site
! scope="col" | Payload
! scope="col" | Payload mass
! scope="col" | Orbit
! scope="col" | Customers
! scope="col" | Launch<br/>outcome
|-

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | VA251
| {{dts|16 January  2020}}<br/>21:05
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]<br/>5110
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| Eutelsat Konnect<br/>[[Engineering:GSAT-30|GSAT-30]]
| 6,976 kg
| [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
| [[Company:Eutelsat|Eutelsat]]<br/>[[Astronomy:Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]]
| {{success}}
|-
| colspan="8" |[[Company:Eutelsat|Eutelsat]] [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]] and [[Astronomy:Indian Space Research Organisation|ISRO]] [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]].
|-

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | VA252
| {{dts|18 February 2020}}<br/>22:18
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]<br/>5111
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| JCSAT-17<br/>GEO-KOMPSAT 2B
| 9,236 kg
| [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
| SKY Perfect JSAT<br/>KARI
| {{success}}
|-
| colspan="8" |SKY Perfect JSAT [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]] and KARI [[Engineering:Weather satellite|meteorological satellite]].
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | VA253
| {{dts|15 August 2020}}<br/>22:04
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]<br/>5112
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| [[Engineering:Galaxy 30|Galaxy 30]]<br/>[[Engineering:Mission Extension Vehicle|MEV-2]]<br/>BSAT-4b
| 9,703 kg
| [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
| [[Company:Intelsat|Intelsat]]<br/>[[Company:Northrop Grumman|Northrop Grumman]]<br/>BSAT
| {{success}}
|-
| colspan="8" |Flight VA253 was planned to launch in June 2020.<ref name="advancedtelevision-1">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Forrester, March 17,|2020|loc="The next scheduled commercial launches include a Galaxy 30 satellite (for Intelsat) and BSAT-4b (for Japanese satellite operator BSAT) which were scheduled for launch together in June"}}</ref> However, launch campaign activities were significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To prevent the spread in French Guiana and protect [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Centre Spatial Guyanais]] employees, all launch activities were suspended on 16 March 2020.<ref name="arianespace-2">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Arianespace, March 16,|2020|loc="Face à l'épidémie de Covid-19 et pour mettre pleinement en œuvre les mesures décidées par le gouvernement français, les campagnes de lancement en cours au Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) sont suspendues".}}</ref><ref name="cnes-1">{{Harvard citation no brackets|CNES, March 16,|2020|loc="Au Centre Spatial Guyanais, suspension des campagnes de lancement, mise et maintien en sécurité des moyens opérationnels de la base, des lanceurs et des satellites en attente de lancement".}}</ref><ref name="cnes-2">{{Harvard citation no brackets|CNES, March 23,|2020|loc="All launch preparations have been suspended due to the potential uncertainty and danger of the health situation at a time when great care needs to be taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic in French Guiana".}}</ref> Operations for Vega flight VV16 and Ariane 5 flight VA253 could not resume until 28 April 2020.<ref name="cnes-3">{{Harvard citation no brackets|CNES, April 28,|2020 |loc="Operations to ready for Vega flight VV16 and Ariane 5 flight VA253 have resumed. Teams stationed permanently in French Guiana have been working to restore the base to its operational configuration since 21 April, applying the necessary distancing and transmission reduction measures."}}</ref><ref name="arianespace-3">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Arianespace, April 29,|2020|loc="Following the measures presented by the French government on 28 April 2020 as part of the gradual resumption of activity planned from 11 May 2020, and the announcement of a restart of operational activities at the Guiana Space Center, Arianespace confirms its following launch objectives: [...] Flight VA253 – A dual-payload Ariane 5 mission for two customers, Intelsat and B-SAT, at the end of July 2020".}}</ref><ref name="spacenews-1">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Henry|2020|loc="The reopening of the Guiana Space Centre, which suspended operations in mid-March as part of France's effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to allow Arianespace to resume satellite launches from there by mid-June."}}</ref> VA253 activities were listed among the top priorities at the reopening of the Guiana Space Center on 11 May 2020.<ref name="cnes-4">{{Harvard citation no brackets|CNES, May 11,|2020|loc="Priority projects and operations that will be resuming on site at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) are: the Vega VV16 and Ariane VA253 launch  campaigns and the arrival of teams who will be observing a strict 14-day quarantine from 11 and 25 May respectively".}}</ref> The launch was rescheduled for end of July 2020<ref name="arianespace-3"/><ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Forrester, May 1,|2020|loc="These will be launched on a single Ariane 5 rocket currently scheduled for the end of July".}}</ref><ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Kanayama |2020|loc="VA253 is set to launch at the end of July".}}</ref> to place the satellites into a [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|geostationary transfer orbit]] from which they will eventually be placed into [[Astronomy:Geostationary orbit|geostationary orbit]] through their own [[Astronomy:Spacecraft propulsion|propulsion]]. The flight was again aborted on 28 July 2020, due to a "red" warning in the system, resulting from a sensor problem related to LH<sub>2</sub> tank on the core stage.

American satellite operator [[Company:Intelsat|Intelsat]] and Japanese Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) are the customers for Ariane flight VA253.<ref name="advancedtelevision-2">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Forrester, May 1,|2020|loc="The next commercial geostationary launch is for Galaxy 30 (3325 kg) for Intelsat on flight VA253 which has two important co-passengers. The first is a slightly larger satellite for Japan's BSat4B (3520 kg). But of perhaps extra importance is the second "space tug" for Northrop Grumman and its rescue craft MEV-2".}}</ref><ref name="nasaspaceflight-1">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Kanayama|2020|loc="The next mission for Arianespace after VV16 is VA253 with the Ariane 5 rocket. It will carry the Galaxy-30, MEV-2, and the BSat-4B satellites".}}</ref>

[[Engineering:Galaxy (satellite)|Galaxy 30]] is a [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]] built by [[Company:Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems|Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems]] (formerly [[Company:Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems|Orbital ATK]]) on the [[Engineering:GEOStar-2|GEOStar-2]] platform for Intelsat. It has [[Astronomy:C band (IEEE)|C-band]], [[Astronomy:Ku band|K<sub>u</sub>-band]], [[Astronomy:Ka band|K<sub>a</sub>-band]] payloads, as well as a [[Engineering:Wide Area Augmentation System|WAAS]] payload for a mass of {{convert|3325|kg}}.<ref name="skyrocket-1">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Krebs, Galaxy 30|2020|loc="Intelsat awarded in January 2018 a contract to build the Galaxy 30 Ku- and Ka-band communications satellite to Orbital ATK, now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS). This satellite will be based on the flight-proven GEOStar-2 platform".}}</ref> Built in satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, it will primarily serve video markets in [[Earth:North America|North America]].<ref name="ng-1">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Northrop Grumman, Galaxy 30,|2020|loc="The satellite will be designed, built and tested at Northrop Grumman's state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, and will primarily serve video markets in North America".}}</ref> As per Intelsat/Arianespace contract announced in January 2018,<ref name="arianespace-1">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Arianespace, January 9,|2018|loc="The first launch will carry the Galaxy 30 satellite together with the Orbital ATK Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) as a stacked pair".}}</ref> Galaxy 30 would share the upper berth of the [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5 ECA]] rocket with [[Engineering:Mission Extension Vehicle|MEV-2]], which is a [[Company:Northrop Grumman|Northrop Grumman]] second satellite servicing vehicle, identical to MEV-1. With a mass of {{convert|2326|kg}}, it would begin a five-year mission to extend the lifetime of [[Engineering:Intelsat 10-02|Intelsat 10-02]].<ref name="skyrocket-2">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Krebs, MEV 1, 2|2020|loc="A second MEV was ordered for Intelsat in January 2018. MEV-2 is expected to be in service by mid-2020 on a five-year mission [...] MEV-2 will share the upper berth of an Ariane-5ECA+ rocket with Galaxy 30 [...]. The initial mission of MEV-2 is to extend the life of Intelsat 10-02".}}</ref> MEV-2 received FCC authorization on 25 March 2020.<ref name="fcc-mev2">{{Harvard citation no brackets|FCC, MEV-2,|2020}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

BSAT-4b is the second communications satellite of the fourth generation B-SAT, built by [[Company:SSL|SSL]] on its [[Engineering:SSL 1300|SSL 1300]] platform. It has 24 [[Astronomy:Ku band|K<sub>u</sub>-band]] [[Astronomy:Transponder (satellite communications)|transponders]] and mass of {{convert|3520|kg}}.<ref name="skyrocket-3">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Krebs, BSat 4a, 4b|2020|loc="BSAT-4a will have 24 Ku-band transponders and will expand the availability of advanced television services such as high definition and 4K/8K ultra-high definition television. BSAT-4a is based on the highly reliable SSL-1300 platform"}}</ref>
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=== 2021 ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
! scope="col" | Flight No.
! scope="col" | Date<br/>Time ([[UTC]])
! scope="col" | Rocket type<br/>Serial No.
! scope="col" | Launch site
! scope="col" | Payload
! scope="col" | Payload mass
! scope="col" | Orbit
! scope="col" | Customers
! scope="col" | Launch<br/>outcome
|-

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | VA254
| {{dts|30 July 2021}}<br/>21:00
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]<br/>5113
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| [[Engineering:Eutelsat Quantum|Eutelsat Quantum]]<br/>Star One D2
| 10,515 kg
| [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
| [[Company:Eutelsat|Eutelsat]]<br/>Star One
| {{success}}
|-
| colspan="8" | Brazilian Satellite operator Embratel and European [[Company:Eutelsat|Eutelsat]] were customers on the VA254 flight.<ref name="ariane20210720"> {{cite web|url=https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/arianespace-to-launch-two-telecom-satellites-into-geostationary-orbit/|title=Arianespace to launch two telecom satellites into geostationary orbit|website=arianespace.com |access-date=20 July 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720152713/https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/arianespace-to-launch-two-telecom-satellites-into-geostationary-orbit/ |archive-date=20 July 2021 |date=20 July 2021|ref={{harvid|Arianespace, July 20,|2021}}|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Engineering:Eutelsat Quantum|Eutelsat Quantum]] is a European re-programmable telecommunications satellite equipped with [[Astronomy:Ku band|Ku-band]] payload, developed in a [[Finance:Public–private partnership|public-private partnership]] between the [[Organization:European Space Agency|European Space Agency]] (ESA), [[Company:Eutelsat|Eutelsat]] and [[Company:Airbus Defence and Space|Airbus Defence and Space]].<ref name="skyrocket-2" /> It had a launch mass of approximately {{convert|3461|kg}} and a design lifetime of 15 years.<ref name="arianeLaunchKit254">{{cite web |title=VA254 launch kit |url=https://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/VA254-launchkit-EN3.pdf |website=arianespace.com |publisher=Arianespace |access-date=18 November 2021 |date=November 2021}}</ref>

Star One D2 is a telecommunications satellite equipped with [[Astronomy:C band (IEEE)|C-]], [[Astronomy:Ku band|Ku-]], [[Astronomy:Ka band|Ka-]] and [[Physics:X band|X-band]] payloads for high-speed telecommunications, television broadcast and fast broadband in South America, Mexico, Central America, and parts of the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="skyrocket-1" /> It had a launch mass of approximately {{convert|6190|kg}} and a design lifetime of 15 years.<ref name="arianeLaunchKit254" />

The target orbit was a [[Engineering:Geosynchronous transfer orbit|geosynchronous transfer orbit]] with an apogee altitude of {{convert|250|km}} and a perigee altitude of {{convert|35726|km}}, at an inclination of 3°.<ref name="arianeLaunchKit254" />

The mission was planned to last 36 minutes and 24 seconds.<ref name="arianeLaunchKit254" />{{efn|Statistics for flight VA254:<ref name="ariane20210730">{{cite web |title=Double success for Ariane 5: satellites Star One D2 and EUTELSAT QUANTUM placed in geostationary transfer orbit |url=https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/double-success-for-ariane-5-satellites-star-one-d2-and-eutelsat-quantum-placed-in-geostationary-transfer-orbit/ |website=arianespace.com |publisher=Arianespace |access-date=18 November 2021 |date=30 July 2021}}</ref>
* {{ordinal|330}} Arianespace launch ({{ordinal|6}} in 2021)
* {{ordinal|254}} [[Engineering:Ariane (rocket family)|Ariane]] launch ({{ordinal|1}} in 2021)
* {{ordinal|110}} [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] launch ({{ordinal|1}} in 2021)
* {{ordinal|947}} and {{ordinal|948}} satellites put in orbit by Arianespace ({{ordinal|151}} and {{ordinal|152}} in 2021)
* {{ordinal|12}} Embratel satellite launched by Arianespace
* {{ordinal|36}} Eutelsat satellite launched by Arianespace
* {{ordinal|85}} consecutive rated operation of the Vulcain 2 engine
* {{ordinal|110}} consecutive rated operation of the EAP solid rocket boosters
* {{ordinal|150}} consecutive rated operation of the [[Engineering:HM7B|HM7B]] engine }}
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | VA255
| {{dts|24 October 2021}}<br/>02:10
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]<br/>5115
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| [[Engineering:SES-17|SES-17]]<br/>[[Social:Syracuse (satellite)|Syracuse 4A]]
| 10,264 kg
| [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
| SES S.A.<br/>DGA
| {{success}}
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| colspan="8" |SES S.A. [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]] and Direction générale de l'armement [[Engineering:Military satellite|military communications satellite]].
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | [[Engineering:Ariane flight VA256|VA256]]
| {{dts|25 December 2021}}<br/>12:20
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]<br/>5114
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| [[Astronomy:James Webb Space Telescope|James Webb Space Telescope]]
| 6,161.4 kg
| Sun–Earth {{L2}}
| [[Organization:NASA|NASA]] / [[Organization:European Space Agency|ESA]] / [[Organization:Canadian Space Agency|CSA]] / [[Organization:Space Telescope Science Institute|STScI]]
| {{success}}
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| colspan="8" |[[Astronomy:James Webb Space Telescope|James Webb Space Telescope]].
|}

=== 2022 ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
|- 
! scope="col" | Flight No.
! scope="col" | Date<br/>Time ([[UTC]])
! scope="col" | Rocket type<br/>Serial No.
! scope="col" | Launch site
! scope="col" | Payload
! scope="col" | Payload mass
! scope="col" | Orbit
! scope="col" | Customers
! scope="col" | Launch<br/>outcome
|-

! scope="row" rowspan=2 | VA257
| {{dts|22 June 2022}}<br/>21:50
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]<br/>5116
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| MEASAT-3d<br/>GSAT-24
| 9,829 kg
| [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
| MEASAT<br/>NSIL / [[Company:Tata Play|Tata Play]]
| {{success}}
|-
| colspan="8" |MEASAT [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]] and NSIL [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]].
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | VA258
| {{dts|7 September 2022}}<br/>21:45
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]<br/>5117
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| Eutelsat Konnect VHTS
| 6,400 kg
| [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
| [[Company:Eutelsat|Eutelsat]]
| {{success}}
|-
| colspan="8" |[[Company:Eutelsat|Eutelsat]] [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]].
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | VA259
| {{dts|13 December 2022}}<br/>20:30
| [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] [[Engineering:Ariane 5#Variants|ECA]]
| [[Organization:Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]<br/>ELA-3
| [[Engineering:Galaxy (satellite)|Galaxy 35]]<br/>[[Engineering:Galaxy (satellite)|Galaxy 36]]<br/>[[Astronomy:Meteosat|MTG-I1]]
| 10,972 kg
| [[Astronomy:Geostationary transfer orbit|GTO]]
| [[Company:Intelsat|Intelsat]]<br/>EUMETSAT
| {{success}}
|-
| colspan="8" |[[Company:Intelsat|Intelsat]] [[Astronomy:Communications satellite|communications satellite]] and EUMETSAT meteorological satellite.
|}
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== Future launches ==
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== References ==

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* {{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/ariane.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907201014/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/ariane.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2008|title=Ariane|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica|first=Mark|last=Wade}}
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