European Space Agency

Intergovernmental agency coordinating European space programs across science, Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, and human spaceflight

8 LAUNCHES 3,000 EMPLOYEES * 1975 FOUNDED
LAUNCH RECORD LAUNCH ANALYSIS
8 Total launches
86% Success rate
6 Successes
1 Failures
1979 First flight
1 Scheduled
T-10D 20HT1H-1European Space AgencyJUN 30TBD
LAUNCH LOG
JUL 9 '24 Maiden Flight Ariane 62 / Low Earth Orbit SUCCESS
JUL 13 '22 LARES-2 (Maiden flight) Vega-C / Medium Earth Orbit SUCCESS
FEB 13 '12 Multipayload mission, 9 satellites Vega SUCCESS
DEC 10 '99 XMM-Newton Ariane 5 G / High Earth Orbit SUCCESS
OCT 21 '98 MaqSat 3 & ARD Ariane 5 G / Geostationary Transfer Orbit SUCCESS
OCT 30 '97 MaqSat-H, TEAMSAT, MaqSat-B, YES Ariane 5 G / Geostationary Transfer Orbit FAILURE
DEC 24 '79 CAT 1 Ariane 1 / Elliptical Orbit SUCCESS
DATA & SOURCES
Launch Library 2launch schedule, results, vehicles, and pads