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Arianespace

France · Commercial · EST. 1980

Arianespace is a commercial launch operator based in France, founded in 1980. It has flown 328 launches under its own name. 313 succeeded and 15 failed, a success rate of 95.4%. Its next launch is Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04), from Ariane Launch Area 4, set for November 23, 2026.

SourceLAUNCH LIBRARY 2
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Page generated2026-11-11 06:39:30Z

Flight record

Launch statistics

ON RECORD
Total launches328
Successful313
Failed15
Success rate95.4%
Consecutive successes16
Scheduled51
AdministratorCEO: David Cavaillolès
Founded1980

These are launches under ASA’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, ASA is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

Manifest role

LIVE COUNT
Flying as operator51
Named as customer0
Window reaches2039-12-31 00:00:00Z
Scheduled (register total)51

No scheduled flight names ASA with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About ASA

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

Upcoming launches

The next 12 of 51 scheduled. All of them

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

ASA in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Ariane 5 Rollout with James Webb Space Telescope
Ariane 5 Rollout with James Webb Space TelescopeNASA / HQ · public domainNASA ↗
Ariane 5 with James Webb Space Telescope Prelaunch
Ariane 5 with James Webb Space Telescope PrelaunchNASA / HQ · public domainNASA ↗
Ariane 5 with James Webb Space Telescope Prelaunch
Ariane 5 with James Webb Space Telescope PrelaunchNASA / HQ · public domainNASA ↗

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Common questions

How many launches has Arianespace flown?
Arianespace has flown 328 launches under its own name. 313 succeeded and 15 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.
What is Arianespace's success rate?
95.4%. That's 313 successful flights out of 328 attempts. Its last 16 launches in a row have succeeded.
When is Arianespace's next launch?
Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04), set for November 23, 2026 from Ariane Launch Area 4. Launch Library files only the day, so the time on the clock is a placeholder. Launch times are no-earlier-than targets and can move.
Does Arianespace fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?
Arianespace has flown 328 launches under its own name. It's the operator on 51 scheduled flights. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.
Where is Arianespace based?
France. Launch Library lists it as a commercial operator, founded in 1980.