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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B)" title="Арыян (ракеты) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Арыян (ракеты)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Ариана (ракета) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ариана (ракета)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(Raketn)" title="Ariane (Raketn) – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Ariane (Raketn)" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(fuzeenn)" title="Ariane (fuzeenn) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ariane (fuzeenn)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(raket)" title="Ariane (raket) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ariane (raket)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(Rakete)" title="Ariane (Rakete) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ariane (Rakete)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9)" title="آریان (موشک) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آریان (موشک)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(fus%C3%A9e)" title="Ariane (fusée) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ariane (fusée)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%88_%EB%A1%9C%EC%BC%93" title="아리안 로켓 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아리안 로켓" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8_(%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0)" title="एरियन (रॉकेट परिवार) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="एरियन (रॉकेट परिवार)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(raketa)" title="Ariane (raketa) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ariane (raketa)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(keluarga_roket)" title="Ariane (keluarga roket) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ariane (keluarga roket)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programma_Ariane" title="Programma Ariane – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Programma Ariane" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_(%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D)" title="אריאן (סדרת משגרים) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אריאן (סדרת משגרים)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8F%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D" title="ಏರಿಯನ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಏರಿಯನ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(nes%C4%93jra%C4%B7e%C5%A1u_saime)" title="Ariane (nesējraķešu saime) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ariane (nesējraķešu saime)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(Rak%C3%A9it)" title="Ariane (Rakéit) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Ariane (Rakéit)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li 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href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3" title="アリアン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アリアン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(rakieta)" title="Ariane (rakieta) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ariane (rakieta)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(serie_de_rachete)" title="Ariane (serie de rachete) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ariane (serie de rachete)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B)" title="Ариан (ракеты) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ариан (ракеты)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane" title="Ariane – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Ariane" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(dru%C5%BEina_raket)" title="Ariane (družina raket) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Ariane (družina raket)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane-rakettiperhe" title="Ariane-rakettiperhe – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ariane-rakettiperhe" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(raketserie)" title="Ariane (raketserie) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ariane (raketserie)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Family of European medium- and heavy-lift rocket launch vehicles</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ariane4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Ariane4.jpg/170px-Ariane4.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Ariane4.jpg/255px-Ariane4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Ariane4.jpg/340px-Ariane4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>The first ever <a href="/wiki/Ariane_4" title="Ariane 4">Ariane 4</a> launch from <a href="/wiki/Kourou" title="Kourou">Kourou</a> on June 14, 1988</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Ariane</b> is a series of European civilian <a href="/wiki/Expendable_launch_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Expendable launch vehicle">expendable launch vehicles</a> for space launch use. The name comes from the French spelling of the mythological character <a href="/wiki/Ariadne" title="Ariadne">Ariadne</a>. France first proposed the <b>Ariane project</b> and it was officially agreed upon at the end of 1973 after discussions between France, Germany and the UK. The project was Western Europe's second attempt at developing its own launcher following the unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/Europa_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Europa rocket">Europa</a> project. The Ariane project was code-named <b>L3S</b> (the French abbreviation for third-generation substitution launcher). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a> (ESA) charged <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale" title="Aérospatiale">Aérospatiale</a> (whose former assets now form <a href="/wiki/Airbus" title="Airbus">Airbus</a>) with the development of all Ariane launchers and of the testing facilities, while <a href="/wiki/Arianespace" title="Arianespace">Arianespace</a> handled production, operations and marketing after its creation in 1980. Arianespace launches Ariane <a href="/wiki/Rocket" title="Rocket">rockets</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Guiana_Space_Centre" title="Guiana Space Centre">Guiana Space Centre</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kourou" title="Kourou">Kourou</a> in <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>. As a result of the merger in 2000 that founded Airbus, the new corporation's <a href="/wiki/Airbus_Defence_and_Space" title="Airbus Defence and Space">space branch</a> and subsequently its subsidiary with <a href="/wiki/Safran" title="Safran">Safran</a>, <a href="/wiki/ArianeGroup" title="ArianeGroup">ArianeGroup</a>, took over the duties of the defunct Aérospatiale. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ariane_versions">Ariane versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ariane_(rocket_family)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ariane versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="float:left;border:1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);width:100%"><div style="text-align:left; padding:1em; font-size:95%; margin:1em; background:transparent"><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2.5em;background-color:#FFF"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:7.5471698113208%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:1px solid #000; border-left:1px solid #000"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:#66FFCC;width:13.207547169811%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:1px solid #000"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"><a href="/wiki/Ariane_1" title="Ariane 1">Ariane 1</a></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:#99FF99;width:5.6603773584906%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:1px solid #000"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"><a href="/wiki/Ariane_2" title="Ariane 2">Ariane 2</a></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; 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background-color:#CCCCFF;width:50.943396226415%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:1px solid #000"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"><a href="/wiki/Ariane_5" title="Ariane 5">Ariane 5</a></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%; padding:0px; height:2.5em;background-color:#FFF"><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:transparent;width:92.452830188679%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:1px solid #000; border-left:1px solid #000"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"></div></div></div><div style="float:left; height:100%; text-align:center; overflow: hidden; background-color:#CCFFFF;width:7.5471698113208%"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;;float:right; width: 100%; height:100%; border-right:0"><div style="position: relative; top:0em; font-size:0.9em"><a href="/wiki/Ariane_6" title="Ariane 6">Ariane 6</a></div></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;width:100%;max-width:100%;border-top:0.1em solid black;height:1em;"></div><div id="Scale" style="clear:both;position:relative;top:-1.4em;left:-0.2em;width:100%;padding:0;height:2.5em"><div style="float:left;overflow:visible;width:9.4339622641509%">│<div style="font-size:86%; 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codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="240" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/Evolution-of-ArianeGroup-Ariane-launch-vehicles.webm/Evolution-of-ArianeGroup-Ariane-launch-vehicles.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="360" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/Evolution-of-ArianeGroup-Ariane-launch-vehicles.webm/Evolution-of-ArianeGroup-Ariane-launch-vehicles.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="360" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Evolution of the Ariane rocket family</figcaption></figure> <p>Ariane 1 was a three-stage launcher, derived from <a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">missile</a> technology. The first two stages used <a href="/wiki/Hypergolic_propellant" title="Hypergolic propellant">hypergolic propellants</a> and the third stage used <a href="/wiki/Cryogenic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryogenic">cryogenic</a> <a href="/wiki/Liquid_hydrogen" title="Liquid hydrogen">liquid hydrogen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liquid_oxygen" title="Liquid oxygen">liquid oxygen</a> (LH2/LOX). Ariane 2–4 were enhancements of the basic vehicle. The major differences are improved versions of the <a href="/wiki/Rocket_engine" title="Rocket engine">engines</a>, allowing stretched first- and third-stage tanks and greater payloads. The largest versions can launch two <a href="/wiki/Satellite" title="Satellite">satellites</a>, mounted in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=SPELDA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SPELDA (page does not exist)">SPELDA</a> (Structure Porteuse Externe pour Lancements Doubles Ariane) adapter. </p><p>Such later versions are often seen with strap-on <a href="/wiki/Booster_(rocketry)" title="Booster (rocketry)">boosters</a>. These layouts are designated by suffixes after the generation number. First is the total number of boosters, then letters designating <a href="/wiki/Liquid_fuel" title="Liquid fuel">liquid</a>- or <a href="/wiki/Solid_fuel" title="Solid fuel">solid-fuelled</a> stages. For example, an Ariane 42P is an Ariane 4 with two solid-fuel boosters. An Ariane 44LP has two solid, two liquid boosters, and a 44L has four liquid-fuel boosters. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ariane_rocket_at_Bourget_airport_museum,_Paris.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Ariane_rocket_at_Bourget_airport_museum%2C_Paris.JPG/220px-Ariane_rocket_at_Bourget_airport_museum%2C_Paris.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Ariane_rocket_at_Bourget_airport_museum%2C_Paris.JPG/330px-Ariane_rocket_at_Bourget_airport_museum%2C_Paris.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Ariane_rocket_at_Bourget_airport_museum%2C_Paris.JPG/440px-Ariane_rocket_at_Bourget_airport_museum%2C_Paris.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ariane_5" title="Ariane 5">Ariane 5</a> rocket at <a href="/wiki/Le_Bourget_Air_and_Space_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Bourget Air and Space Museum">Le Bourget Air and Space Museum</a>, Paris</figcaption></figure><p>Ariane 5 is a nearly complete redesign. The two hypergolic lower stages are replaced with a single LH2/LOX core stage. This simplifies the stack, along with the use of a single core engine (<a href="/wiki/Vulcain_(rocket_engine)" title="Vulcain (rocket engine)">Vulcain</a>). Because the core cannot lift its own weight, two solid-fuel boosters are strapped to the sides. The boosters can be recovered for examination, but are not reused. There are two versions of the upper stage, one hypergolic and restartable with a single <a href="/wiki/Aestus" title="Aestus">Aestus</a> engine <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the other with a <a href="/wiki/HM7B" title="HM7B">HM7B</a> cryogenic engine burning LH2/LOX. </p><p>On 4 May 2007, an Ariane 5-ECA rocket set a new commercial payload record, lifting two satellites with a combined mass of 9.4 tonnes.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By January 2006, 169 Ariane flights had boosted 290 satellites, successfully placing 271 of them on orbit (223 main passengers and 48 auxiliary passengers) for a total mass of 575,000 kg successfully delivered on orbit.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Attesting to the ubiquity of Ariane launch vehicles, France's <a href="/wiki/Cerise_(satellite)" title="Cerise (satellite)">Cerise satellite</a>, which was orbited by an Ariane 4 in 1995,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> struck a discarded Ariane rocket stage in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incident marked the first verified case of a collision with a piece of catalogued <a href="/wiki/Space_debris" title="Space debris">space debris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 16, 2011, the 200th Ariane rocket was launched, successfully carrying the <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Kepler_ATV" title="Johannes Kepler ATV">Johannes Kepler ATV</a> into <a href="/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit" title="Low Earth orbit">low Earth orbit</a> and providing <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> with supplies.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 26, 2019, flight number 250 was performed, lifting two <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellites</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=TIBA-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TIBA-1 (page does not exist)">TIBA-1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inmarsat-5" class="mw-redirect" title="Inmarsat-5">Inmarsat-5</a> F5 (GX5).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 25, 2021, <a href="/wiki/Ariane_flight_VA256" title="Ariane flight VA256">Ariane flight VA256</a> lifted NASA's <a href="/wiki/James_Webb_Space_Telescope" title="James Webb Space Telescope">James Webb Space Telescope</a> towards Earth/Sun <a href="/wiki/Lagrange_point" title="Lagrange point">Lagrange point</a> L2.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ariane 5 flew its final mission on 5 July 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ariane_(rocket_family)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ariane_launches" title="List of Ariane launches">List of Ariane launches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liquid_fly-back_booster" title="Liquid fly-back booster">Liquid fly-back booster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launchers_families" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of orbital launchers families">Comparison of orbital launchers families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamant" title="Diamant">Diamant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_(rocket)" title="Europa (rocket)">Europa (rocket)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vega_(rocket)" title="Vega (rocket)">Vega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_space_program" title="French space program">French space program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arianespace" title="Arianespace">Arianespace</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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Next</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retired</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_1" title="Ariane 1">Ariane 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_2" title="Ariane 2">Ariane 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_3" title="Ariane 3">Ariane 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_4" title="Ariane 4">Ariane 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariane_5" title="Ariane 5">Ariane 5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ariane_5_(mock-up).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ariane_5_%28mock-up%29.jpg/80px-Ariane_5_%28mock-up%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="165" class="mw-file-element" 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