Ariane Launch Vehicle Flight History 
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               Comprehensive Ariane Failure List

Date     Vehicle     ID    Site*       Payload          Result#
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05/23/80 Ariane 1    A102  KO 1  L2    Firewhl/Oscar/CAT    FTO  
09/10/82 Ariane 1    A105  KO 1  L5    MARECS B/Sirio 2     FTO
09/12/85 Ariane 3    A305  KO 2  V15   Spacenet 3/ECS 3     FTO
05/03/86 Ariane 2    A201  KO 2  V18   Intelsat-5A 14       FTO
02/23/90 Ariane 44L  A408  KO 2  V36   Superbird B/BS 2X    FTO
01/24/94 Ariane 44LP A435  KO 2  V63   Eutlsat2F5/Trksat1A  FTO
12/01/94 Ariane 42P  A442  KO 2  V70   PAS 3                FTO
06/04/96 Ariane 5G   A501  KO 3  V89   Cluster F1-F4        FTO
10/30/97 Ariane 5G   A502  KO 3  V101  MaqSat H,B/TEAMSAT  (EEO)
07/12/01 Ariane 5G   A510  KO 3  V142  Artemis/Japan B     (EEO)
12/11/02 Ariane 5ECA A517  KO 3  V157  HotBird7/Stentor     FTO
01/25/18 Ariane 5ECA L5101 KO 3  VA241 SES 14/Al Yah 3     (EEO)
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  ID     Failure Description                              Result#
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[A102]  1st stage engine failed                             FTO  
[A105]  stg 3 turbopump gears seized                        FTO
[A305]  stg 3 no start (leaky valve)                        FTO
[A201]  stg 3 igniter time too short                        FTO
[A408]  obstruction in stg 1 fuel line                      FTO
[A435]  stg 3 stop, late turbopmp prechill                  FTO
[A442]  stg 3 low thrust, bloked gas gen fuel line          FTO
[A501]  guidc fld T+39s (control software design)           FTO
[A502]  1st stg cutoff early; insuf roll control           (EEO)
[A510]  2nd (EPS) stg shutdown 6.5 min early               (EEO)
[A517]  Vulcain 2 1st stage engine failed T+3min            FTO
[L5101] Bad program.  Wrong azimuth & inclination          (EEO)
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Footnotes:

*  KO:  Kourou Space Center, French Guiana
#  FTO:  Failed to Orbit
   (EEO):  Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
   (GTO):  Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
   (LEO):  Unintended Low Earth Orbit

References:

Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html"
Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/"
Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space"
TRW Space Log 1957-1996, TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA. 

Last Update 12/25/2018 by Ed Kyle