Ariane Launch Vehicle Flight History 
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               Comprehensive Ariane Failure List

Date        Vehicle     ID     Site*    Payload                  Failure Description                       Result#
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5/23/1980   Ariane 1    A102   KO ELA1	L2   Firewhl/Oscar/CAT   1st stage engine failed                     FTO  
9/10/1982   Ariane 1    A105   KO ELA1	L5   MARECS B/Sirio 2	 stg 3 turbopump gears seized                FTO
9/12/1985   Ariane 3    A305   KO ELA2	V15  Spacenet 3/ECS 3	 stg 3 no start (leaky valve)                FTO
5/3/1986    Ariane 2    A201   KO ELA2	V18  Intelsat-5A 14	 stg 3 igniter time too short                FTO
2/23/1990   Ariane 44L  A408   KO ELA2	V36  Superbird B/BS 2X	 obstruction in stg 1 fuel line              FTO
1/24/1994   Ariane 44LP A435   KO ELA2	V63  Eutlsat2F5/Trksat1A stg 3 stop, late turbopmp prechill          FTO
12/1/1994   Ariane 42P  A442   KO ELA2	V70  PAS 3               stg 3 low thrust, bloked gas gen fuel line  FTO
6/4/1996    Ariane 5G   A501   KO ELA3	V89  Cluster F1-F4       guidc fld T+39s (control software design)   FTO
10/30/1997  Ariane 5G   A502   KO ELA3	V101 MaqSat H,B/TEAMSAT  1st stg cutoff early; insuf roll control   (EEO)
7/12/2001   Ariane 5G   A510   KO ELA3  V142 Artemis/Japan B     2nd (EPS) stg shutdown 6.5 min early       (EEO)
12/11/2002  Ariane 5ECA A517   KO ELA3  V157 HotBird7/Stentor    Vulcain 2 1st stage engine failed T+3min    FTO
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Footnotes:

*  KO:  Kourou Space Center, French Guiana
#  FTO:  Failed to Orbit
   (EEO):  Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
   (GTO):  Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
   (LEO):  Unintended Low Earth Orbit

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"
TRW Space Log 1957-1996, TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA. 

Last Update 11/3/2003 by Ed Kyle