Ariane 5 ECA

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Ariane 5 ECA is a heavy-lift European expendable launch vehicle variant renowned for launching major payloads such as the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch system
heavy-lift launch vehicle
launch vehicle
boosterType solid rocket booster
configuration two-stage
coreStageDiameter 5.4 m
countryOfOrigin Europe
developedFor CNES
European Space Agency
fairingDiameter 5.4 m
family Ariane 5
linked to: Ariane 5 ECA
firstFlightDate 2002-12-11
firstFlightMission V157
firstFlightOutcome failure
firstStageEngine Vulcain 2
firstStagePropellant liquid hydrogen
liquid oxygen
gtoPayloadCapacity about 10000 kg
height about 53 m
improvementOver Ariane 5 G in GTO performance
lastFlightDate 2023-07-05
lastFlightMission VA261
launchAzimuthRange equatorial and low-inclination orbits from Kourou
launchMass about 780000 kg
launchPad ELA-3
launchRecord high reliability after 2005
launchServiceMarket commercial
institutional
launchSite Guiana Space Centre
leoPayloadCapacity about 21000 kg
manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space
linked to: Airbus

ArianeGroup
Safran
notableFeature dual-payload capability with SYLDA adapter
notablePayload BepiColombo
linked to: BepiColombo mission

James Webb Space Telescope
Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family)
numberOfBoosters 2
operationalFrom 2005
operator Arianespace
predecessor Ariane 5 G
primaryMissionType geostationary transfer orbit communications satellites
propellantType cryogenic
status retired
successor Ariane 6
upperStageEngine HM7B
upperStagePropellant liquid hydrogen
liquid oxygen
upperStageType ESC-A

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Ariane 5 ECA family Ariane 5
linked to: Ariane 5 ECA
MIRI launchVehicle Ariane 5 (via JWST)
linked to: Ariane 5 ECA
Fine Guidance Sensor launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
NIRSpec launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
BepiColombo launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
subject linked to: BepiColombo mission
Herschel Space Observatory launchVehicle Ariane 5ECA
linked to: Ariane 5 ECA
Planck spacecraft launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
JUICE mission launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
ELA-3 associatedRocket Ariane 5 ECA
Vulcain 2 usedInVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
Vulcain 2 firstFlightVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
HM7B usedOnVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
VA261 launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
VA261 rocketVariant Ariane 5 ECA
VA261 significance final Ariane 5 mission
linked to: Ariane 5 ECA
ESC-A partOf Ariane 5 ECA
ESC-A usedOnLaunchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
ESC-A introducedOnVehicleVariant Ariane 5 ECA
ESC-A launchVehicleConfiguration Ariane 5 ECA configuration
linked to: Ariane 5 ECA
JWST Integrated Science Instrument Module locatedAtLaunch Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA upper stage payload compartment
linked to: Ariane 5 ECA
Integrated Science Instrument Module launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 G successor Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 6 successorTo Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 configurationVariant Ariane 5ECA
linked to: Ariane 5 ECA
Mio launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA
SPIRE launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA