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Loading contentAriane 5 was a European heavy-lift launch vehicle operated by Arianespace, notable for launching the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.
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Ariane 5 was a European heavy-lift rocket operated by Arianespace, powered by a Vulcain 2 cryogenic core with two solid boosters; it launched the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021 before retiring in 2023.
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A highly successful and flexible Ariane variant with multiple booster configurations that dominated the commercial launch market in the 1990s.
Europe's flagship launch-vehicle family, from the Ariane 1 of 1979 through the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and the current Ariane 6.
The Guiana Space Centre complex that launched every Ariane 5 mission.
The Ariane 5 cryogenic main stage (Étage Principal Cryotechnique), powered by a single Vulcain 2 engine burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
The pair of large solid rocket boosters (Étage d'Accélération à Poudre) that provide most of Ariane 5's liftoff thrust.
The LH2/LOX gas-generator core engine of Ariane 5 (and, as Vulcain 2.1, of the Ariane 6 core stage).
A LH2/LOX upper-stage engine that powered the cryogenic upper stage (ESC-A) of Ariane 5 and earlier Ariane vehicles.
A restartable pressure-fed engine burning the storable hypergolic combination MMH/N2O4, used on the Ariane 5 EPS storable upper stage for precise orbit insertion.
Europe's successor to Ariane 5, designed for greater flexibility and lower cost.
Russia's modular heavy-lift launcher built from common URM core boosters and burning kerosene/LOX, intended to replace the Proton.
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An uprated single-payload development of Ariane 1 with a more powerful third stage.
An Ariane variant adding two solid strap-on boosters and dual-payload capability for commercial satellites.
A highly successful and flexible Ariane variant with multiple booster configurations that dominated the commercial launch market in the 1990s.
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