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Ariane 5ES

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Ariane 5V

AKA: Ariane 5 V; Ariane 5 Versatile; Ariane 5V. Status: Active. First Launch: 2008-03-09. Last Launch: 2014-07-29. Number: 5 . Payload: 80,000 kg (176,000 lb). Thrust: 15,360.00 kN (3,453,060 lbf). Gross mass: 767,000 kg (1,690,000 lb). Height: 54.05 m (177.32 ft). Diameter: 5.40 m (17.70 ft).

Payload: 80,000 kg (176,000 lb) to a GTO, 7 deg.

Stage Data - Ariane 5 V

• Stage 0. 2 x Ariane 5 EAP. Gross Mass: 278,330 kg (613,610 lb). Empty Mass: 38,200 kg (84,200 lb). Thrust (vac): 6,470.000 kN (1,454,510 lbf). Isp: 275 sec. Burn time: 130 sec. Isp(sl): 250 sec. Diameter: 3.05 m (10.00 ft). Span: 3.05 m (10.00 ft). Length: 31.60 m (103.60 ft). Propellants: Solid. No Engines: 1. Engine: P241. Other designations: P241. Status: In Production. Comments: Increased propellant loading (+2.43 metric tons), lighter welded case (-1.6 metric tons) compared to earlier versions.

• Stage 1. 1 x Ariane 5 EPC. Gross Mass: 186,000 kg (410,000 lb). Empty Mass: 12,700 kg (27,900 lb). Thrust (vac): 1,114.000 kN (250,437 lbf). Isp: 434 sec. Burn time: 650 sec. Isp(sl): 335 sec. Diameter: 5.46 m (17.91 ft). Span: 5.46 m (17.91 ft). Length: 30.50 m (100.00 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 1. Engine: Vulcain 2. Other designations: H173. Status: In Production. Comments: 15.2 metric tons increased propellant by moving liquid oxygen bulkhead.

• Stage 2. 1 x Ariane 5 EPS L10. Gross Mass: 12,750 kg (28,100 lb). Empty Mass: 2,750 kg (6,060 lb). Thrust (vac): 27.400 kN (6,160 lbf). Isp: 324 sec. Burn time: 1,100 sec. Diameter: 3.96 m (12.99 ft). Span: 5.46 m (17.91 ft). Length: 3.36 m (11.02 ft). Propellants: N2O4/MMH. No Engines: 1. Engine: Aestus. Status: Production. Comments: 250 kg additional propellant compared to Ariane 5G version.

Family: orbital launch vehicle. Country: France. Spacecraft: ISS, ATV. Launch Sites: Kourou, Kourou ELA3. Stages: Ariane 5-0 P241, Ariane 5-1 EPC, Ariane 5-2 EPS L10 Aestus, Ariane 5-2 ESC B. Agency: EADS.

• ATV-1 Jules Verne - . Mass: 19,012 kg (41,914 lb). Nation: France. Agency: Arianespace. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Spacecraft Bus: ATV. Spacecraft: ATV. Duration: 204.39 days. Decay Date: 2008-09-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 32686 . COSPAR: 2008-008A. Apogee: 343 km (213 mi). Perigee: 336 km (208 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 91.30 min.

  First launch of Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle, a logistics vehicle designed for ISS resupply. The Ariane model 5ES launch vehicle, vehicle L528, had the enhanced EAP solid boosters and EPC core stage of the Ariane 5ECA, but with the new EPS-V upper stage with restart capability and a vehicle equipment bay instrument unit strengthened to carry the heavier LEO payload. Jules Verne carried 1300 kg of dry cargo, 302 kg of water and oxygen, and 860 kg of propellant to the ISS. For this test mission it had a dry mass of 10075 kg and 6475 kg of maneuvering propellant (in later missions the propellant could be thousands of kilograms less, in order to deliver more cargo).

  The EPS stage made its first burn and placed the stack into a 137 km x 260 km orbit at 04:20 GMT. The EPS restarted at 05:05, burned for 30-seconds, and released the ATV into a 254 km x 272 km orbit.

  Following extensive checkouts and maneuvering near the ISS, ATV Jules Verne docked at the aft end of ISS Zvezda module at 14:52 GMT on 3 April. While docked to the station, it was used several times to boost the station's orbit and to shift it in debris avoidance maneuvers. The ATV undocked from the ISS on 5 September and used a fuel-conserving 23 days to position itself for a safe re-entry over the South Pacific. Final destructive re-entry began at 13:30 GMT on 29 September.

• ATV-2 Johannes Kepler - . Mass: 19,712 kg (43,457 lb). Nation: Europe. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-01M, Soyuz TMA-20. Spacecraft Bus: ATV. Spacecraft: ATV. Duration: 125.00 days. Decay Date: 2011-06-21 . USAF Sat Cat: 37368 . COSPAR: 2011-007A. Apogee: 347 km (215 mi). Perigee: 343 km (213 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 91.40 min. ISS resupply; second European Space Agency Automated Transfer Vehicle. Docked with the ISS Zvezda module on 25 February. Undocked on 21 June at 14:46 GMT. Retrofire the same day at 20:04 GMT sent it to burn up over the Pacific Ocean..

• ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi - . Mass: 19,714 kg (43,461 lb). Nation: Europe. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Spacecraft Bus: ATV. Spacecraft: ATV. Duration: 194.00 days. Decay Date: 2012-10-03 . USAF Sat Cat: 38096 . COSPAR: 2012-010A. Apogee: 406 km (252 mi). Perigee: 392 km (243 mi). Inclination: 51.6000 deg. Period: 92.50 min.

  European cargo station resupply spacecraft. Docked at the aft Zvezda port of the International Space Station on 28 March at 22:31 GMT. Its engines were used on 31 March and 5 April to reboost the ISS to a 387 km x 398 km orbit. Undocked at 21:44 GMT on 28 September and was deorbited over the Pacific at 23:42 GMT on 2 October, with loss of signal at 01:25 GMT on 3 October.

• ATV-4 Albert Einstein - . Mass: 19,870 kg (43,800 lb). Nation: Europe. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Spacecraft Bus: ATV. Spacecraft: ATV. Duration: 150.00 days. Decay Date: 2013-11-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 39175 . COSPAR: 2013-027A. Apogee: 421 km (261 mi). Perigee: 409 km (254 mi). Inclination: 51.6500 deg. Period: 92.88 min. Delivered supplies to the ISS. Deorbited over the Pacific on 2 November 2013 at 11:28 GMT, entry loss of signal was at 12:04 GMT..

• ATV-5 Georges Lemaitre - . Mass: 19,520 kg (43,030 lb). Nation: France. Agency: AE. Spacecraft Bus: ATV. Spacecraft: ATV. Duration: 201.00 days. Decay Date: 2015-02-15 . USAF Sat Cat: 40103 . COSPAR: 2014-044A. Apogee: 419 km (260 mi). Perigee: 413 km (256 mi). Inclination: 51.6500 deg. Period: 92.89 min. ISS resupply mission. Arrived at the ISS on August 12, docking with Zvezda at 13:30 GMT. Undocked from the ISS Zvezda module at 13:42 GMT on February 14 2015 and was deorbited over the Pacific on February 15..