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Latest milestones

December 19, 2013
Soyuz Flight V06 orbits the European Space Agency’s Gaia billion-star mapping spacecraft, marking the 25th spacecraft dedicated to science launched by Arianespace.
December 19, 2013
Arianespace wraps up a banner year in terms of commercial orders – with 15 satellites won for Ariane 5 launches to geostationary transfer orbit, and four satellites booked for Vega.
December 14, 2013
Arianespace signs the contract for 18 additional Ariane 5 ECA launchers with Astrium, following an agreement concluded earlier in the year for long-lead items on these vehicles. This latest batch will be available for missions starting in 2017.

Launch program activity

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Ariane Flight VA216		Soyuz Flight VS07
Launch date:	March 7, 2014	Launch date:	March 28, 2014
Launcher version:	Ariane 5 ECA	Launcher version:	Soyuz 1A
Payload(s):	ASTRA 5B and Amazonas 4A	Payload(s):	Sentinel-1A
Customer(s):	SES for ASTRA 5B; Hispasat for Amazonas 4A	Customer(s):	European Space Agency
Mission:	Broadcast, VSAT- type network data & other broadband services to Europe for Astra 5B; communications and television services to South America for Amazonas 4A	Mission:	Earth observation to supply imagery for Copernicus program user services
Payload prime contractor(s):	Astrium for ASTRA 5B; Orbital Sciences Corporation for Amazonas 4A	Payload prime contractor(s):	Thales Alenia Space Italy, with Airbus Defence and Space responsible for the satellite’s C-SAR radar instrument
Launch site:	Spaceport, French Guiana (The Guiana Space Center)	Launch site:	Spaceport, French Guiana (The Guiana Space Center)

Previous mission
Ariane Flight VA217
Launch date:	February 6, 2014
Launcher version:	Ariane 5 ECA
Payload(s):	ABS-2 and Athena-Fidus
Customer(s):	ABS for ABS-2; Telespazio, on behalf of the French CNES and Italian ASI space agencies for Athena-Fidus
Mission(s):	Multiple data and telecom services for ABS-2; Defense, civil security, law enforcement and firefighting communications for Athena-Fidus
Payload prime contractor(s):	Space Systems/Loral for ABS-2; Thales Alenia Space for Athena-Fidus
Launch site:	Spaceport, French Guiana (The Guiana Space Center)
	Mission success

Arianespace launch review (2004-2014)
Date	Launcher	Payload(s)
February 6, 2014	Ariane 5 ECA	ABS-2 and Athena-Fidus
December 19, 2013	Soyuz	Gaia
August 29, 2013	Ariane 5 ECA	EUTELSAT 25B/Es’hail 1 and GSAT-7
July 25, 2013	Ariane 5 ECA	Alphasat and INSAT-3D
June 25, 2013	Soyuz	Four O3b Networks satellites
June 5, 2013	Ariane 5 ES	Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Albert Einstein
May 7, 2013	Vega	Proba-V, VNREDSat-1 and ESTCube-1
February 7, 2013	Ariane 5 ECA	Amazonas 3 and Azerspace/Africasat-1a
February 6, 2013	Soyuz	Six Globalstar second-generation satellites
December 19, 2012	Ariane 5 ECA	Skynet 5D and Mexsat Bicentenario
December 1, 2012	Soyuz ST	Pléiades 1B
November 10, 2012	Ariane 5 ECA	EUTELSAT 21B and Star One C3
October 12, 2012	Soyuz	Two Galileo navigation system IOV (In-Orbit Validation) spacecraft
September 28, 2012	Ariane 5 ECA	ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10
September 17, 2012	Soyuz (Starsem)	Metop-B
August 2, 2012	Ariane 5 ECA	Intelsat 20 & HYLAS 2
July 5, 2012	Ariane 5 ECA	EchoStar XVII and MSG-3
May 15, 2012	Ariane 5 ECA	JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2
March 23, 2012	Ariane 5 ES	Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Edoardo Amaldi
February 13, 2012	Vega	LARES, ALMASat-1, multiple cubesats
December 29, 2011	Soyuz (from Baikonur Cosmodrome)	Six Globalstar second-generation satellites
December 17, 2011	Soyuz	Pléiades 1, ELISA (x4) and SSOT
October 21, 2011	Soyuz	Two Galileo satellites (IOV-1 PFM and FM2)
September 21, 2011	Ariane 5 ECA	Arabsat-5C & SES-2
August 6, 2011	Ariane 5 ECA	ASTRA 1N & BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R
July 13, 2011	Soyuz Flight ST23	Globalstar second-generation satellites
May 20, 2011	Ariane 5 ECA	ST-2 and GSAT-8
April 22, 2011	Ariane 5 ECA	Yahsat Y1A & Intelsat New Dawn
February 16, 2011	Ariane 5 ES	Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Johannes Kepler
December 29, 2010	Ariane 5 ECA	Hispasat 1E & KOREASAT 6
November 26, 2010	Ariane 5 ECA	Intelsat 17 & HYLAS 1
October 28, 2010	Ariane 5 ECA	W3B & BSAT-3b
October 20, 2010	Soyuz (Starsem)	Six Globalstar second-generation satellites
August 4, 2010	Ariane 5 ECA	RASCOM-QAF1R & NILESAT 201
June 26, 2010	Ariane 5 ECA	Arabsat-5A & COMS
May 21, 2010	Ariane 5 ECA	ASTRA 3B & COMSATBw-2
December 18, 2009	Ariane 5 GS	Helios 2B
October 29, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	NSS-12 and THOR 6
October 1, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	Amazonas 2 & COMSATBw-1
August 21, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	JCSAT-12 & Optus D3
July 1, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	TerreStar-1
May 14, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	Herschel & Planck
February 12, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	HOT BIRD™ 10, NSS-9 & 2 Spirale auxiliary passengers
December 20, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	HOT BIRD™ 9 and W2M
August 14, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Superbird-7 & AMC-21
July 7, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	ProtoStar I & BADR-6
June 12, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Skynet 5C & Turksat 3A
April 18, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Star One C2 & VINASAT-1
March 9, 2008	Ariane 5 ES	Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne
December 21, 2007	Ariane 5 GS	Horizons-2 and RASCOM-QAF1
November 14, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	Star One C1 and Skynet 5B
October 5, 2007	Ariane 5 GS	Intelsat 11 and Optus D2
August 14, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	SPACEWAY 3 and BSAT-3a
May 4, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	ASTRA 1L and Galaxy 17
March 11, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	Skynet 5A and INSAT 4B
December 27, 2006	Soyuz (Starsem)	COROT
December 8, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	AMC-18 and WildBlue-1
October 13, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	DIRECTV 9S, Optus D1 and LDREX-2
August 11, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	JCSAT-10 & Syracuse 3B
May 27, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	Satmex 6 & Thaicom 5
March 11, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	HOT BIRD 7A & SPAINSAT
December 21, 2005	Ariane 5 G	INSAT 4A & MSG-2
November 16, 2005	Ariane 5 ECA	Spaceway 2 & Telkom 2
October 13, 2005	Ariane 5 G	Syracuse 3A & Galaxy 15
August 14, 2005	Soyuz/Fregat	Galaxy 14
August 11, 2005	Ariane 5 G	THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR)
February 12, 2005	Ariane 5 ECA	XTAR-EUR and test payload
December 18, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Helios IIA and six supplemental payloads
July 17, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Anik F2
March 2, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Rosetta
November 27, 2003	Ariane 5 G	INSAT 3E, e-BIRD™ & SMART-1
June 11, 2003	Ariane 5 G	Optus Defence C1 & BSAT-2c
April 9, 2003	Ariane 5 G	INSAT 3A & GALAXY XII