Launch vehicle
Ariane 5
Ariane 5 was a European heavy-lift launch vehicle operated by Arianespace, notable for launching the James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.
- Type
- Launch vehicle
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Connections
- 15
NASA/Glenn · NASA media (public domain)
- Type: Launch vehicle
- Domain: Scientific connections
Experience system V6
Rocket engineering profile
A vehicle-first layout for staging, launch context, organizations, and mission graph relations.
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Observe
NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.
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Measure
Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.
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Locate
Operated by Arianespace.
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Connect
15 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
- Object type
- Launch vehicle
- Graph relations
- 15
- Verified sources
- 1
- Image records
- 4
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Status
- Graph entity
Scientific map
Mission context
- Operated by
Arianespace
- Launched
BepiColombo
- Launched
JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer)
- Launched
Rosetta
Original SVG diagram
Mission architecture
- Agency
- Not recorded
- Launch year
- Not recorded
- Mission type
- Not recorded
- Status
- Not recorded
Visual knowledge graph
Relationships, not isolated facts
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- Member of familyAriane
- ReplacedAriane 4
- Has stageAriane 5 core stage (EPC)
- Has stageAriane 5 solid boosters (EAP)
- Replaced byAriane 6
- Basis forAriane 6
- Operated byArianespace
3 more graph links
Image provenance
Photography as evidence
Ariane 5 Payload Fairing Test
NASA/Glenn · NASA media (public domain)
Ariane 5 with James Webb Space Telescope Prelaunch
NASA · NASA media (public domain)
Ariane 5 with James Webb Space Telescope Prelaunch
NASA · NASA media (public domain)
Ariane 5 with James Webb Space Telescope Prelaunch
NASA · NASA media (public domain)
Continue the atlas
Curated next objects
Arianespace
Arianespace is a European launch service provider that markets and operates launches of the Ariane family of rockets from the Guiana Space Centre.
space missionBepiColombo
BepiColombo is a joint ESA–JAXA mission of two orbiters travelling to Mercury, arriving in the mid-2020s.
space missionJUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer)
JUICE is ESA's mission to study Jupiter's icy moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
space missionRosetta
Comet orbiter & lander · ESA · launched 2004.
space telescopeJames Webb Space Telescope
launch vehicleAriane 4
A highly successful and flexible Ariane variant with multiple booster configurations that dominated the commercial launch market in the 1990s.
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2012-04-30
Gallery
Ariane 5 with James Webb Space Telescope Prelaunch
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad, Thursday, Dec.
2021
NASA · NASA media (public domain)
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
launch_vehicle:ariane-5- Type
- Launch vehicle
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
- 15
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/launch_vehicle:ariane-5
Scientific quality
Substantial5 of 7 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Partial
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- Complete
- Citation coverage
- Complete
- Image coverage
- Complete
- Timeline coverage
- None
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
Provenance & sources
review 2026.1Asteria Scientific Review Process · verification: sourced · accurate
- High evidenceconfirmed
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.
Source: European Space Agency · ESA standard terms
Reviewed by the internal Asteria Scientific Review Process — not an external institutional review. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
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- PropellantLH2 / LOXLinked through Ariane 5 core stage (EPC)
- Launch vehicleAriane 1Linked through Arianespace
Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.