Ariane Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1979-2009) Page 1 of 2 L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Araine Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane 1 2 3 4 5G 5G+ 5GS 5ECA 5ES 1-4 5 Totals Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 - - - - - - - - - - - 1971 - - - - - - - - - - - 1972 - - - - - - - - - - - 1973 - - - - - - - - - - - 1974 - - - - - - - - - - - 1975 - - - - - - - - - - - 1976 - - - - - - - - - - - 1977 - - - - - - - - - - - 1978 - - - - - - - - - - - 1979 1(0) - - - - - - - - 1(0) - 1980 1(1) - - - - - - - - 1(1) - 1981 2(0) - - - - - - - - 2(0) - 1982 1(1) - - - - - - - - 1(1) - 1983 2(0) - - - - - - - - 2(0) - 1984 2(0) - 2(0) - - - - - - 4(0) - 1985 1(0) - 3(1) - - - - - - 4(1) - 1986 1(0) 1(1) 1(0) - - - - - - 3(1) - 1987 - 1(0) 1(0) - - - - - - 2(0) - 1988 - 2(0) 3(0) 2(0) - - - - - 7(0) - 1989 - 2(0) 1(0) 4(0) - - - - - 7(0) - 1990 - - - 6(1) - - - - - 6(1) - 1991 - - - 8(0) - - - - - 8(0) - 1992 - - - 7(0) - - - - - 7(0) - 1993 - - - 7(0) - - - - - 7(0) - 1994 - - - 8(2) - - - - - 8(2) - 1995 - - - 11(0) - - - - - 11(0) - 1996 - - - 10(0) 1(1) - - - - 10(0) 1(1) 1997 - - - 11(0) 1(1) - - - - 11(0) 1(1) 1998 - - - 10(0) 1(0) - - - - 10(0) 1(0) 1999 - - - 9(0) 1(0) - - - - 9(0) 1(0) 2000 - - - 8(0) 4(0) - - - - 8(0) 4(0) 2001 - - - 6(0) 2(1) - - - - 6(0) 2(1) 2002 - - - 8(0) 3(0) - - 1(1) - 8(0) 4(1) 2003 - - - 1(0) 3(0) - - - - 1(0) 3(0) 2004 - - - - - 3(0) - - - - 3(0) 2005 - - - - - - 3(0) 2(0) - - 5(0) 2006 - - - - - - - 5(0) - - 5(0) 2007 - - - - - - 2(0) 4(0) - - 6(0) 2008 - - - - - - - 5(0) 1(0) - 6(0) 2009 - - - - - - 1(0) 6(0) - - 7(0) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane Araine Ariane Ariane Ariane Ariane 1 2 3 4 5G 5G+ 5GS 5ECA 5ES 1-4 5 Totals Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orbit 11(2) 6(1) 11(1) 116(3) 16(3) 3(0) 6(0) 23(1) 1(0) 144(7) 49(4) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" SpaceFlightN "http://www.spaceflightnow.com" Last Update 01/08/2010 by Ed Kyle