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    Ariane 5 is a retired European heavy-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was launched...
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  • Ariane flight V88 was the failed maiden flight of the Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, vehicle no. 501, on 4 June 1996. It carried the Cluster spacecraft,...
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    on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA). It replaces Ariane 5, as part of the Ariane launch vehicle family. This two-stage rocket utilizes liquid...
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    Arianespace launches Ariane rockets from the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou in French Guiana. Ariane 1 Ariane 2 Ariane 3 Ariane 4 Ariane 5 Ariane 6 │ 1975 │ 1980...
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  • to be performed by Ariane launch vehicles between 2020 and 2029. During this time, the Ariane 5 was retired in favour of the Ariane 6 rocket. As of July...
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    The Ariane 4 was a European expendable launch vehicle, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European...
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  • performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane carrier rockets between 2010 and 2019. Since 2004, only the Ariane 5 is in service, operating in the ECA and...
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  • defence, and security. ArianeGroup has developed its next-generation two-stage Ariane 6 launch vehicle, which succeeded the Ariane 5 rocket, that had more...
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  • 42L   Ariane 4 42P   Ariane 4 44L   Ariane 4 44P   Ariane 4 44LP   Ariane 5 G   Ariane 5 G+   Ariane 5 GS   Ariane 5 ECA   Ariane 5 ES   Ariane 62 3 6...
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  • Arianespace (redirect from ArianeSpace)
    flight of the Ariane 4 in 1988, development of a successor, designated as the Ariane 5, had already commenced. In January 1985, the Ariane 5 was officially...
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    2015 2020 Active:     Ariane 6    Vega Retired:     Diamant    Europa 2    Ariane 1    Ariane 2    Ariane 3    Ariane 4    Ariane 5    Soyuz ST 3 6 9 12...
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  • under development. The European Space Agency's Ariane 6 launcher is to gradually succeed the Ariane 5 rocket after 2023. Studies on the next generation...
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    Ariane flight VA256 was an Ariane 5 rocket flight that launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) into space on 25 December 2021. It was 2021's final...
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    Vulcain is a family of European first stage rocket engines for Ariane 5 and Ariane 6. Its development began in 1988 and the first flight was completed...
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    rocket engine that powers the upper stage of Ariane 6. While development began in 1998 for the planned Ariane 5ME upgrade, funding for that programme shifted...
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    Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), which...
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  • motors of the European Ariane satellite launcher, and in 1984, the contract for the manufacture of the Ariane 5 boosters. The Ariane take-off motors have...
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  • '09   Ariane 4 42L   Ariane 4 42P   Ariane 4 44L   Ariane 4 44P   Ariane 4 44LP   Ariane 5 G   Ariane 5 G+   Ariane 5 GS   Ariane 5 ECA   Ariane 5 ES 3...
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  • Ariane flight VA241 was an Ariane 5 space launch that occurred from the Guiana Space Centre on 25 January 2018 at 22:20 UTC. The launcher was carrying...
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    The multipurpose satellite, INSAT-3A, was launched by Ariane in April 2003. It is located at 93.5 degree East longitude. The payloads on INSAT-3A are as...
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    leader in commercial space launches in the 1990s. Although the succeeding Ariane 5 experienced a failure on its first flight, it has since firmly established...
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  • Mission Design, 2nd Edition, AIAA Education Series, p. 81 "Ariane 5 User's Manual Issue 5 Revision 1" (PDF). arianespace. July 2011. Archived from the...
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  • Hermes was to have keyed a crewed spaceflight program launched by an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. In November 1987, the project was approved for pre-development...
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    used on the vehicles in the Ariane rocket family. It was replaced by Vinci, which acts as the new upper stage engine on Ariane 6. Nearly 300 engines have...
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  • '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99   Ariane 4 40   Ariane 4 42L   Ariane 4 42P   Ariane 4 44L   Ariane 4 44P   Ariane 4 44LP   Ariane 5 G 3 6 9 12 15 1990 '91 '92...
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    Themis reusable rocket demonstrator and Ariane Next, the successor to Ariane 6, and possibly a version of Ariane 6 itself. Prometheus is a backronym from...
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  • Thumbnail for Princess Ariane of the Netherlands
    Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés; born 10 April 2007) is the third and youngest daughter of...
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  • flight testing phase; The Ariane 5 launch complex, which will become available after the transition from the Ariane 5 to Ariane 6. The estimated program...
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    James Webb Space Telescope (category Spacecraft launched by Ariane rockets)
    habitable exoplanets. The Webb was launched on 25 December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. In January 2022 it arrived at its destination...
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    Inmarsat (redirect from Inmarsat-5 F1)
    Xpress constellation was launched from Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) by an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. The permanent telephone country code for calling Inmarsat...
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