List of Ariane launches (2020–2029) (English Wikipedia)

Forrester, March 17, 2020, "The next scheduled commercial launches include a Galaxy 30 satellite (for Intelsat) and BSAT-4b (for Japanese satellite operator BSAT) which were scheduled for launch together in June" Forrester, Chris (17 March 2020). "Arianespace ceases launches from French Guiana". advanced-television.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Forrester, May 1, 2020, "These will be launched on a single Ariane 5 rocket currently scheduled for the end of July". Forrester, Chris (1 May 2020). "Arianespace getting back to work". advanced-television.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Forrester, May 1, 2020, "The next commercial geostationary launch is for Galaxy 30 (3325 kg) for Intelsat on flight VA253 which has two important co-passengers. The first is a slightly larger satellite for Japan's BSat4B (3520 kg). But of perhaps extra importance is the second "space tug" for Northrop Grumman and its rescue craft MEV-2". Forrester, Chris (1 May 2020). "Arianespace getting back to work". advanced-television.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

aerospace.sener

"SENER designs the mechanisms for the assembly of Electra, the first European commercial satellite with electric propulsion". SENER (Press release). 10 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

arianespace.com

Arianespace, March 16, 2020, "Face à l'épidémie de Covid-19 et pour mettre pleinement en œuvre les mesures décidées par le gouvernement français, les campagnes de lancement en cours au Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) sont suspendues". "COVID-19 / Suspension des campagnes de lancement au Centre Spatial Guyanais" (PDF) (in French). Arianespace. 16 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Arianespace, April 29, 2020, "Following the measures presented by the French government on 28 April 2020 as part of the gradual resumption of activity planned from 11 May 2020, and the announcement of a restart of operational activities at the Guiana Space Center, Arianespace confirms its following launch objectives: [...] Flight VA253 – A dual-payload Ariane 5 mission for two customers, Intelsat and B-SAT, at the end of July 2020". "COVID-19: Arianespace to resume its launch campaigns at the Guiana Space Center". Arianespace. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Arianespace, January 9, 2018, "The first launch will carry the Galaxy 30 satellite together with the Orbital ATK Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) as a stacked pair". "Intelsat signs contract with Arianespace for two launches". arianespace.com. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
"Arianespace to launch two telecom satellites into geostationary orbit". arianespace.com. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
"VA254 launch kit" (PDF). arianespace.com. Arianespace. November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
"Double success for Ariane 5: satellites Star One D2 and EUTELSAT QUANTUM placed in geostationary transfer orbit". arianespace.com. Arianespace. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
"Arianespace Ariane 6 to launch Intelsat satellites". Arianespace (Press release). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
"Arianespace to launch eight new Galileo satellites". Arianespace (Press release). 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
"Skyloom signs contract with Arianespace for first launch". Arianespace. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
"Arianespace to launch Australian satellite Optus-11 with Ariane 6". Arianespace (Press release). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
"Arianespace signs unprecedented contract with Amazon for 18 Ariane 6 launches to deploy Project Kuiper constellation". Arianespace (Press release). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

newsroom.arianespace.com

"The European Commission, ESA, and EUMETSAT sign two agreements with Arianespace on Ariane 6". newsroom.arianespace.com. 28 January 2025.
"Arianespace to Launch the First Four Second-Generation Satellites for Galileo on Ariane 6". Arianespace (Press release). 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

smallsats.arianespace.com

"All flights opportunities". Arianespace. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

arstechnica.com

Stephen Clark (10 July 2024). "Europe's first Ariane 6 flight achieved most of its goals, but ended prematurely". Ars Technica. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

astrobiology.com

"The PLATO Mission". astrobiology.com. 12 June 2024.

bbc.com

Amos, Jonathan (10 July 2024). "Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight". BBC. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

cnes.fr

presse.cnes.fr

CNES, March 16, 2020, "Au Centre Spatial Guyanais, suspension des campagnes de lancement, mise et maintien en sécurité des moyens opérationnels de la base, des lanceurs et des satellites en attente de lancement". "Epidémie de COVID-19 / Plan de continuité d'activité au CNES" (PDF) (in French). CNES. 16 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
CNES, March 23, 2020, "All launch preparations have been suspended due to the potential uncertainty and danger of the health situation at a time when great care needs to be taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic in French Guiana". "COVID-19 CNES helping to combat the epidemic and sustain the nation's economic activity" (PDF). CNES. 23 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
CNES, April 28, 2020, "Operations to ready for Vega flight VV16 and Ariane 5 flight VA253 have resumed. Teams stationed permanently in French Guiana have been working to restore the base to its operational configuration since 21 April, applying the necessary distancing and transmission reduction measures." "Resumption of launch campaign operations and construction of Ariane 6 ELA4 launch complex at Guiana Space Centre" (PDF). CNES. 28 April 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
CNES, May 11, 2020, "Priority projects and operations that will be resuming on site at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) are: the Vega VV16 and Ariane VA253 launch campaigns and the arrival of teams who will be observing a strict 14-day quarantine from 11 and 25 May respectively". "Nationwide lifting of lockdown begins - Phased resumption of on-site operations at CNES's four centres" (PDF). CNES. 11 May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

cnes.fr

"2025, année très spatiale Retour de l'Europe sur le devant de la scène" (PDF). CNES. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

eohandbook.com

database.eohandbook.com

https://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=814

esa.int

"First MetOp Second Generation satellite to launch in August". www.esa.int.
"First all-new MetOp complete and sibling in testing". ESA. 10 October 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
"Earth Return Orbiter – the first round-trip to Mars". ESA. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
"Capturing the ripples of spacetime: LISA gets go-ahead". ESA. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

sci.esa.int

"Planet-hunting eye of PLATO". ESA. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
"Mission Operations". ESA. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
"ARIEL moves from blueprint to reality" (Press release). ESA. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
"Athena | Mission Summary". ESA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

esamultimedia.esa.int

"DG Annual Press Briefing 2025" (PDF). esamultimedia.esa.int.

eumetsat.int

"Planned launches". EUMETSAT. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
"Meteosat series". EUMETSAT. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
"EUMETSAT to exploit ESA-developed launchers and flight operations software". EUMETSAT. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

europeanspaceflight.com

Andrew Parsonson (10 July 2024). "Ariane 6 Anomaly Will Have "No Consequence" On Upcoming Missions". European Spaceflight. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
"Ariane 6 Successfully Delivers French Spy Satellite to Orbit". European Spaceflight. 6 March 2025.
Parsonson, Andrew (17 July 2024). "ESA Targets 2031 for First Argonaut Lunar Lander Mission". European Spaceflight. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

everydayastronaut.com

"Everyday Astronaut Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) Ariane 5 ECA+". EverydayAstronaut. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

fcc.gov

licensing.fcc.gov

FCC, MEV-2, 2020 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "SAT-LOA-20191210-00144". FCC. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

lefigaro.fr

Guillermard, Véronique (13 August 2024). "Comment Ariane 6 s'est mise en ordre pour doubler la fréquence de ses vols". Le Figaro. Retrieved 27 September 2024. Some 6 rockets are currently at different stages of production, including the first A64, which is due to take off in the second half of 2025 to deploy a batch of more than 30 satellites on behalf of Kuiper, the Amazon constellation.

nasaspaceflight.com

Kanayama 2020, "VA253 is set to launch at the end of July". Kanayama, Lee (29 April 2020). "Arianespace set the dates for its return to action". NASA Spaceflight.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Kanayama 2020, "The next mission for Arianespace after VV16 is VA253 with the Ariane 5 rocket. It will carry the Galaxy-30, MEV-2, and the BSat-4B satellites". Kanayama, Lee (29 April 2020). "Arianespace set the dates for its return to action". NASA Spaceflight.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Adrian Beil (10 July 2024). "Ariane 6 successfully launches on maiden flight from French Guiana". NASASpaceflight. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

nec.com

"NEC and Skyloom to Pioneer 100 Gbps Space Optical Communications, Transforming Global Internet Connectivity". NEC (Press release). 19 March 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024. Our plan is to launch the product into space by 2026.

northropgrumman.com

Northrop Grumman, Galaxy 30, 2020, "The satellite will be designed, built and tested at Northrop Grumman's state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, and will primarily serve video markets in North America". "Galaxy 30" (PDF). Northrop Grumman. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

safran-group.com

https://www.safran-group.com/news/ariane-6-s-first-commercial-flight-success-2025-03-07

ses.com

"Q1 2024 Results & Acquisition of Intelsat | Intelsat Future Satellite Launch Schedule" (PDF). SES. 30 April 2024. p. 40. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

skyrocket.de

space.skyrocket.de

Krebs, Galaxy 30 2020, "Intelsat awarded in January 2018 a contract to build the Galaxy 30 Ku- and Ka-band communications satellite to Orbital ATK, now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS). This satellite will be based on the flight-proven GEOStar-2 platform". Krebs, Gunter Dirk (27 March 2020). "Galaxy 30". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Krebs, MEV 1, 2 2020, "A second MEV was ordered for Intelsat in January 2018. MEV-2 is expected to be in service by mid-2020 on a five-year mission [...] MEV-2 will share the upper berth of an Ariane-5ECA+ rocket with Galaxy 30 [...]. The initial mission of MEV-2 is to extend the life of Intelsat 10-02". Krebs, Gunter Dirk (16 March 2020). "MEV 1, 2". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Krebs, BSat 4a, 4b 2020, "BSAT-4a will have 24 Ku-band transponders and will expand the availability of advanced television services such as high definition and 4K/8K ultra-high definition television. BSAT-4a is based on the highly reliable SSL-1300 platform" Krebs, Gunter Dirk (15 March 2020). "BSat 4a, 4b". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Krebs, Gunter D. "Ariane-5". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
Krebs, Gunter D. "Ariane-6". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
Krebs, Gunter D. "Ariane-6". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
Krebs, Gunter (10 September 2022). "MTG-I 1, 2, 3, 4 (Meteosat 12, 14, 15, 17)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

spacenews.com

"Arianespace plans five Ariane 6 launches in 2025, primarily in the second half of the year". spacenews.com. 11 February 2025.
Henry 2020, "The reopening of the Guiana Space Centre, which suspended operations in mid-March as part of France's effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to allow Arianespace to resume satellite launches from there by mid-June." Henry, Caleb (29 April 2020). "Guiana Space Center launches to resume in June". SpaceNews.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Foust, Jeff (10 September 2019). "Airbus and Telespazio to sell excess capacity on Syracuse 4 satellites". SpaceNews. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
Foust, Jeff (12 September 2023). "Arianespace to launch Intelsat small GEO satellite". SpaceNews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
Foust, Jeff (30 November 2023). "ESA sets mid-2024 date for first Ariane 6 launch". SpaceNews. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
Foust, Jeff (5 April 2022). "Amazon launch contracts drive changes to launch vehicle production". SpaceNews. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

the-athena-x-ray-observatory.eu

"Athena X-ray observatory | Athena mission". Athena Community Office. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

thepress.co.nz

"The Press". www.thepress.co.nz.

tovima.com

"TInternet Speed in Greece to Surge 1,000 Times with Hellas Sat 5". To Vima. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

web.archive.org

Forrester, March 17, 2020, "The next scheduled commercial launches include a Galaxy 30 satellite (for Intelsat) and BSAT-4b (for Japanese satellite operator BSAT) which were scheduled for launch together in June" Forrester, Chris (17 March 2020). "Arianespace ceases launches from French Guiana". advanced-television.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Arianespace, March 16, 2020, "Face à l'épidémie de Covid-19 et pour mettre pleinement en œuvre les mesures décidées par le gouvernement français, les campagnes de lancement en cours au Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) sont suspendues". "COVID-19 / Suspension des campagnes de lancement au Centre Spatial Guyanais" (PDF) (in French). Arianespace. 16 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
CNES, March 16, 2020, "Au Centre Spatial Guyanais, suspension des campagnes de lancement, mise et maintien en sécurité des moyens opérationnels de la base, des lanceurs et des satellites en attente de lancement". "Epidémie de COVID-19 / Plan de continuité d'activité au CNES" (PDF) (in French). CNES. 16 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
CNES, March 23, 2020, "All launch preparations have been suspended due to the potential uncertainty and danger of the health situation at a time when great care needs to be taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic in French Guiana". "COVID-19 CNES helping to combat the epidemic and sustain the nation's economic activity" (PDF). CNES. 23 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
CNES, April 28, 2020, "Operations to ready for Vega flight VV16 and Ariane 5 flight VA253 have resumed. Teams stationed permanently in French Guiana have been working to restore the base to its operational configuration since 21 April, applying the necessary distancing and transmission reduction measures." "Resumption of launch campaign operations and construction of Ariane 6 ELA4 launch complex at Guiana Space Centre" (PDF). CNES. 28 April 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Arianespace, April 29, 2020, "Following the measures presented by the French government on 28 April 2020 as part of the gradual resumption of activity planned from 11 May 2020, and the announcement of a restart of operational activities at the Guiana Space Center, Arianespace confirms its following launch objectives: [...] Flight VA253 – A dual-payload Ariane 5 mission for two customers, Intelsat and B-SAT, at the end of July 2020". "COVID-19: Arianespace to resume its launch campaigns at the Guiana Space Center". Arianespace. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
CNES, May 11, 2020, "Priority projects and operations that will be resuming on site at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) are: the Vega VV16 and Ariane VA253 launch campaigns and the arrival of teams who will be observing a strict 14-day quarantine from 11 and 25 May respectively". "Nationwide lifting of lockdown begins - Phased resumption of on-site operations at CNES's four centres" (PDF). CNES. 11 May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
Forrester, May 1, 2020, "These will be launched on a single Ariane 5 rocket currently scheduled for the end of July". Forrester, Chris (1 May 2020). "Arianespace getting back to work". advanced-television.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Kanayama 2020, "VA253 is set to launch at the end of July". Kanayama, Lee (29 April 2020). "Arianespace set the dates for its return to action". NASA Spaceflight.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Forrester, May 1, 2020, "The next commercial geostationary launch is for Galaxy 30 (3325 kg) for Intelsat on flight VA253 which has two important co-passengers. The first is a slightly larger satellite for Japan's BSat4B (3520 kg). But of perhaps extra importance is the second "space tug" for Northrop Grumman and its rescue craft MEV-2". Forrester, Chris (1 May 2020). "Arianespace getting back to work". advanced-television.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Kanayama 2020, "The next mission for Arianespace after VV16 is VA253 with the Ariane 5 rocket. It will carry the Galaxy-30, MEV-2, and the BSat-4B satellites". Kanayama, Lee (29 April 2020). "Arianespace set the dates for its return to action". NASA Spaceflight.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Krebs, Galaxy 30 2020, "Intelsat awarded in January 2018 a contract to build the Galaxy 30 Ku- and Ka-band communications satellite to Orbital ATK, now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS). This satellite will be based on the flight-proven GEOStar-2 platform". Krebs, Gunter Dirk (27 March 2020). "Galaxy 30". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Northrop Grumman, Galaxy 30, 2020, "The satellite will be designed, built and tested at Northrop Grumman's state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, and will primarily serve video markets in North America". "Galaxy 30" (PDF). Northrop Grumman. 12 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Arianespace, January 9, 2018, "The first launch will carry the Galaxy 30 satellite together with the Orbital ATK Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) as a stacked pair". "Intelsat signs contract with Arianespace for two launches". arianespace.com. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Krebs, MEV 1, 2 2020, "A second MEV was ordered for Intelsat in January 2018. MEV-2 is expected to be in service by mid-2020 on a five-year mission [...] MEV-2 will share the upper berth of an Ariane-5ECA+ rocket with Galaxy 30 [...]. The initial mission of MEV-2 is to extend the life of Intelsat 10-02". Krebs, Gunter Dirk (16 March 2020). "MEV 1, 2". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
FCC, MEV-2, 2020 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "SAT-LOA-20191210-00144". FCC. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Krebs, BSat 4a, 4b 2020, "BSAT-4a will have 24 Ku-band transponders and will expand the availability of advanced television services such as high definition and 4K/8K ultra-high definition television. BSAT-4a is based on the highly reliable SSL-1300 platform" Krebs, Gunter Dirk (15 March 2020). "BSat 4a, 4b". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
"Arianespace to launch two telecom satellites into geostationary orbit". arianespace.com. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
"Athena X-ray observatory | Athena mission". Athena Community Office. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
"SENER designs the mechanisms for the assembly of Electra, the first European commercial satellite with electric propulsion". SENER (Press release). 10 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

x.com

ESA Space Transport [@ESA_transport] (4 July 2024). "The mass of the dummy payload is 1600 kg and it was built by @ArianeGroup in Les Mureaux, France" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via Twitter.
@Arianespace (10 September 2021). "We are proud to launch Skyloom's 1st satellite Uhura-1 aboard an Ariane 6 in 2023. This laser-coms relay node will be a game changer for the industry. Congratulations to CEO Marcos Franceschini on this huge milestone" (Tweet) – via Twitter.