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 Launching on ARIANE
On this page you can find
 Launch
method for Ariane-4 and Ariane-5
ASAP
launch
Spelda
launch
Future launches
Ariane-4 has an impressive record, with only 3 failures in over 114 launches
by the end of 2002.
 ARIANE 4 - The ARIANE launcher provides two standard methods for carrying small secondary payloads.
The ARIANE Structure for Auxiliary Payloads has been flown on a number of launches. The
picture on the right shows the V59 ASAP, and a further picture
illustrates how SPOT-1 is mounted with respect to the V35 ASAP with six secondary payloads
for V35. Payloads can also be carried within the Spelda launch adapter.
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- ARIANE 5
- The ARIANE-5 launcher also provides two standard methods for carrying small secondary
payloads. The ARIANE Structure for Auxiliary Payloads is being developed in order to carry
up to 8 satellites each weighing up to 80kg each. Alternatively a dedicated ASAP for up to
4 small satellites each weighing 300kg can be carried. Hybrid combinations are also
possible, with a total small satellite mass of 1200kg.
The ASAP has a total loading capacity of 200kg, with a limit of 50kg per spacecraft. A
typical cost for the ASAP launch is about $1.2M (ARIANE Mission V59), which is shared
amongst the secondary payloads. The primary payload is deployed first, followed by the
secondary payloads, using own deployment mechanisms. The launcher is typically manoeuvred
between deployment of the various payloads to avoid them all returning to the same place
the next orbit!
- ASAP-1, V35, [picture-1][picture-2]
- Date: 21 January 1990
- Primary payload: SPOT-2, French Space agency (CNES, France)
- Secondary payloads:
- UoSAT-3, UoSAT-4,
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL, UK)
- AO-16, AO-17, AO-18 and AO-19.
AMSAT N.A. (USA)
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- ASAP-2, V44, [picture]
- Date: 17 July 1991
- Primary payload: ERS-1, European Space Agency (ESA)
- Secondary payloads:
- UoSAT-5, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL, UK)
- SARA, ESIEESpace (France)
- ORBCOMM-X, Orbital Sciences Corp. (OSC, USA)
- TUBSAT-1, Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
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- ASAP-3, V52
- Date: 10th August 1992
- Primary payload: SPOT-2, French Space agency (CNES, France)
- Secondary payloads:
- S80/T, SSTL for MMS (U.K., U.S.A.)
- KITSAT-1, SSTL for Satrec (U.K., S.Korea)
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- ASAP-4, V59 (picture)
- Date: 25 September 1993
- Primary payload: SPOT-3, French Space agency (CNES, France)
- Secondary payloads:
- STELLA, (CNES, France)
- KITSAT-2, SSTL, Satrec (U.K., S.Korea)
- PoSAT-1, SSTL, LNETI (U.K. / Portugal)
- HealthSat-2, SSTL, SatelLife (U.K./ USA)
- EyeSat-1, Interferometrics (USA)
- ItamSat, AMSAT IT (Italy)
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- ASAP-5, V64
- Date: 17 June 1994
- Primary payload:
- Secondary payloads:
- STRV-1a, STRV-1b,
DRA (U.K.)
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- ASAP-6, V75
- Date: 7 July 1995
- Primary payload: Helios-1
- Secondary payloads:
- Cerise, SSTL U.K, DGA France,
- UPM-SAT, Univ. of Madrid, Spain.
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- ASAP-7, V124
- Date: 3 December 1999
- Primary payload: Helios-1b
- Secondary payloads:
- Clementine SSTL U.K, DGA France
A second method for launching small satellites on ARIANE-4, is to make use of the space
between the adapter ring for the main payload, and the rocket upper stage. Loading up to
300kg can be accommodated in a cylindrical space 1.5m high and 2m in diameter. Several
spacecraft have been launched in this fashion.
- L6 (ARIANE I
promotional flight)
- Date: 16 June 1983
- Primary payload: ECS-1 European Communications Test Satellite (ESA)
- Secondary payloads:
- AO10, AMSAT
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- V16 (ARIANE I)
- Date: 22nd February 1986
- Primary payload: SPOT-1, French Space agency (CNES, France)
- Secondary payloads:
- VIKING, Swedish Space Corp. (Sweden)
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- V22 (first
ARIANE 4)
- Date: 15 June 1988
- Primary payload: Meteosat P2 (ESA), PAS-1 (U.S.)
- Secondary payloads:
- AO13, AMSAT
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- V56 (ARIANE 4)
- Date: 11 May 1993
- Primary payload: ASTRA 1C (Lux)
- Secondary payloads:
- ARSENE, RACE (France)
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- V103 (ARIANE
44-P3)
- Date: 2 Dec 1997
- Primary payload: JC-SAT-5
- Secondary payloads:
- EQUATOR-S, Max Planck Institute (Germany)
Expected
future launches
- ARIANE-4 ASAP
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