Ariane 5 ECA

E59340

expendable launch system heavy-lift launch vehicle launch vehicle

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ariane 5 ECA canonical	25
Ariane 5ECA	2
Ariane 5	1
Ariane 5 (via JWST)	1
Ariane 5 ECA configuration	1
Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA upper stage payload compartment	1
final Ariane 5 mission	1

Statements (49)

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 ECA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ariane 5
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 ⓘ surface form: Airbus Defence and Space ArianeGroup ⓘ Safran ⓘ
notableFeature	dual-payload capability with SYLDA adapter ⓘ
notablePayload	BepiColombo mission ⓘ surface form: BepiColombo 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Webb Space Telescope → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

Ariane 5 ECA → family → Ariane 5 ECA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ariane 5

MIRI → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ariane 5 (via JWST)

Fine Guidance Sensor → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

NIRSpec → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

BepiColombo mission → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

subject surface form: BepiColombo

Herschel Space Observatory → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ariane 5ECA

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 → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

this entity surface form: final Ariane 5 mission

ESC-A → partOf → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

ESC-A → usedOnLaunchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

ESC-A → introducedOnVehicleVariant → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

ESC-A → launchVehicleConfiguration → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ariane 5 ECA configuration

ELA-3 launch complex → supportsLaunchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

JWST Integrated Science Instrument Module → locatedAtLaunch → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA upper stage payload compartment

JWST Integrated Science Instrument Module → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

integrated science instrument module → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

subject surface form: Integrated Science Instrument Module

Ariane 5 G → successor → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

Ariane 6 → successorTo → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

Ariane 5 → configurationVariant → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ariane 5ECA

Mercury Transfer Module → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

Mio → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

SPIRE → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ

Low Frequency Instrument → launchVehicle → Ariane 5 ECA ⓘ