VA261

E290057
Ariane 5 launch orbital launch attempt

VA261 was the final mission of the Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift launch vehicle, marking the end of Ariane 5’s operational service.

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Label Occurrences
VA261 canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ariane 5 launch ⓘ
orbital launch attempt ⓘ
countryOfLaunch France ⓘ
fairingDiameter 5.4 metres ⓘ
fairingType Ariane 5 long payload fairing ⓘ
firstStage Ariane 5 EPC core stage ⓘ
launchDate 2023-07-05 ⓘ
launchLocation Kourou ⓘ
surface form: Kourou, French Guiana
launchOperator Arianespace ⓘ
launchPad ELA-3 ⓘ
launchRangeOperator CNES ⓘ
launchSite Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
launchSiteOperator CNES ⓘ
launchTimeUTC 2023-07-05T22:00:00Z ⓘ
launchVehicle Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ
launchVehicleManufacturer ArianeGroup ⓘ
massToGTO approximately 10,000 kilograms ⓘ
missionDesignation VA261 ⓘ
missionType commercial launch ⓘ
communications satellite launch ⓘ
notableFor closing more than two decades of Ariane 5 flights ⓘ
orbitType geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ
payload Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit ⓘ
Syracuse 4B ⓘ
payloadCustomer Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ
surface form: French Ministry of the Armed Forces

German Aerospace Center (DLR) ⓘ
payloadOperator German Aerospace Center (DLR) ⓘ
surface form: DLR Space Administration

Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ
surface form: French Ministry of the Armed Forces
precededBy VA260 ⓘ
primaryPayload Syracuse 4B ⓘ
program Ariane launch vehicle programme ⓘ
surface form: Ariane programme
regionServedByPayload Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
rocketFamily Ariane 5 ⓘ
rocketVariant Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ
secondaryPayload Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit ⓘ
significance end of Ariane 5 operational service ⓘ
Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ
surface form: final Ariane 5 mission
spaceAgencyPartner CNES ⓘ
German Aerospace Center (DLR) ⓘ
surface form: DLR

European Space Agency ⓘ
status success ⓘ
strapOnBoosters two EAP solid rocket boosters ⓘ
successorLaunchVehicle Ariane 6 ⓘ
upperStage Ariane upper stage ⓘ
surface form: Ariane 5 ESC-A upper stage

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Ariane 5 ECA → lastFlightMission → VA261 ⓘ