ELA-3

Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3

ELA-3
Launch site	Guiana Space Centre
Location	5°14′20″N 52°46′05″W / 5.239°N 52.768°W
Short name	ELA-3
Operator	Arianespace/ESA
Total launches	85
Launch pad(s)	1
Launch history Status Active First launch 4 June 1996 Ariane 5 G / CLUSTER Last launch 9 March 2016 Ariane 5 ECA / Eutelsat 65 West A Associated rockets Ariane 5

ELA-3, short for Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (French for Ariane Launch Area 3), is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guyana. ELA-3 is operated by Arianespace as part of the expendable launch system for Ariane 5 rockets. As of March 2016, 85 launches have been carried out from it, the first of which occurred on 4 June 1996.

ELA-3 is 21 square kilometres in size.^[1]

Launch History

Date & Time (UTC)	Flight number	Launcher	Configuration	Rocket's serial number	Payload	Result	#
1996-06-04 12:34:06	V-88[2]	Ariane 5	5G	501	Cluster	Failure	1
1997-10-30 13:43:00	V-101		5G	502	MaqSat-H, TEAMSAT, MaqSat-B, YES	Partial failure[3]	2
1998-10-21 16:37:21	V-112		5G	503	MaqSat 3, ARD	Success	3
1999-12-10 14:32:07	V-119		5G	504	XMM-Newton	Success	4
2000-03-21 23:28:19	V-128		5G	505	INSAT-3B, AsiaStar	Success	5
2000-09-14 22:54:07	V-130		5G	506	Astra 2B, GE-7	Success	6
2000-11-16 01:07:07	V-135		5G	507	PAS-1R, Amsat P3D, STRV 1C, STRV 1D	Success	7
2000-12-20 00:26:00	V-138		5G	508	Astra 2D, GE-8, LDREX	Success	8
2001-03-08 22:51:00	V-140		5G	509	Eutelsat 28A, BSAT-2a	Success	9
2001-07-12 22:58:00	V-142		5G	510	Artemis, BSAT-2b	Partial failure[4]	10
2002-03-01 01:07:59	V-145		5G	511	Envisat	Success	11
2002-07-05 23:22:00	V-153		5G	512	Stellat 5, N-Star c	Success	12
2002-08-28 22:45:00	V-155		5G	513	Atlantic Bird 1, Meteosat 8	Success	13
2002-12-11 22:22:00	V-157		5ECA	517	Hot Bird 7, Stentor	Failure[5]	14
2003-04-09 22:52:19	V-160		5G	514	INSAT-3A, Galaxy 12	Success	15
2003-06-11 22:38:15	V-161		5G	515	Optus and Defence C1, BSAT-2c	Success	16
2003-09-27 23:14:46	V-162		5G	516	INSAT-3E, eBird 1, SMART-1	Success	17
2004-03-02 07:17:44	V-158		5G+	518	Rosetta	Success	18
2004-07-18 00:44:00	V-163		5G+	519	Anik F2	Success	19
2004-12-18 16:26:00	V-165		5G+	520	Helios 2A, Essaim 1, 2, 3, 4, PARASOL, Nanosat 01	Success	20
2005-02-12 21:03:00	V-164		5ECA	521	XTAR-EUR, Maqsat-B2, Sloshsat	Success	21
2005-08-11 08:20:00	V-166		5GS	523	Thaicom 4	Success	22
2005-10-13 22:32:00	V-168		5GS	524	Syracuse 3A, Galaxy 15	Success	23
2005-11-16 23:46:00	V-167		5ECA	522	Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2	Success	24
2005-12-21 22:33:00	V-169		5GS	525	INSAT-4A, Meteosat 9	Success	25
2006-03-11 22:32:50	V-170		5ECA	527	Spainsat, Hot Bird 7A	Success[6]	26
2006-05-27 21:09	V-171		5ECA	529	Satmex 6, Thaicom 5	Success[7]	27
2006-08-11 22:15	V-172		5ECA	531	JCSAT-10, Syracuse 3B	Success[8]	28
2006-10-13 20:56	V-173		5ECA	533	DirecTV-9S, Optus D1, LDREX-2	Success[9]	29
2006-12-08 22:08	V-174		5ECA	534	WildBlue 1, AMC-18	Success[10]	30
2007-03-11 22:03	V-175		5ECA	535	Skynet 5A, INSAT-4B	Success[11]	31
2007-05-04 22:29	V-176		5ECA	536	Astra 1L, Galaxy 17	Success[12]	32
2007-08-14 23:44	V-177		5ECA	537	Spaceway-3, BSAT-3A	Success[13]	33
2007-10-05 22:02	V-178		5GS	526	Intelsat 11, Optus D2	Success[14]	34
2007-11-14 22:06	V-179		5ECA	538	Skynet 5B, Star One C1	Success[15]	35
2007-12-21 21:41	V-180		5GS	530	RASCOM-QAF 1, Horizons-2	Success[16]	36
2008-03-09 04:03	V-181		5ES	528	ATV-1 "Jules Verne"	Success[17]	37
2008-04-18 22:17	V-182		5ECA	539	Star One C2, Vinasat-1	Success[18]	38
2008-06-12 22:05	V-183		5ECA	540	Turksat 3A, Skynet 5C	Success[19]	39
2008-07-07 21:47	V-184		5ECA	541	Badr-6, ProtoStar I	Success[20]	40
2008-08-14 20:44	V-185		5ECA	542	AMC-21, Superbird 7	Success[21]	41
2008-12-20 22:35	V-186		5ECA	543	Eutelsat W2M, Hot Bird 9	Success[22]	42
2009-02-12 22:09	V-187		5ECA	545	Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B	Success[23]	43
2009-05-14 13:12	V-188		5ECA	546	Herschel, Planck	Success[24]	44
2009-07-01 19:52	V-189		5ECA	547	TerreStar-1	Success[25]	45
2009-08-21 22:09	V-190		5ECA	548	JCSAT-12, Optus D3	Success[26]	46
2009-10-01 21:59	V-191		5ECA	549	Amazonas 2, COMSATBw-1	Success[27]	47
2009-10-29 20:00	V-192		5ECA	550	NSS-12, Thor 6	Success[28]	48
2009-12-18 16:26	V-193		5GS	532	Helios 2B	Success[29]	49
2010-05-21 22:01	V-194		5ECA	551	Astra 3B, COMSATBw-2	Success[30]	50
2010-06-26 21:41	V-195		5ECA	552	Arabsat-5A, COMS-1	Success[31]	51
2010-08-04 20:59	V-196		5ECA	554	Nilesat 201, RASCOM-QAF 1R	Success[32]	52
2010-10-28 21:51	V-197		5ECA	555	Eutelsat W3B, BSAT-3b	Success[33]	53
2010-11-26 18:39	V-198		5ECA	556	Intelsat 17, HYLAS 1	Success[34]	54
2010-12-29 21:27	V-199		5ECA	557	Koreasat 6, HispaSat-1E	Success[35]	55
2011-02-16 21:50	V-200		5ES	544	ATV-2 "Johannes Kepler"	Success[36]	56
2011-04-22 21:37	VA-201		5ECA	558	Yahsat 1A, Intelsat New Dawn	Success[37]	57
2011-05-20 20:38	VA-202		5ECA	559	ST-2, GSAT-8	Success[38]	58
2011-08-06 22:52	VA-203		5ECA	560	Astra 1N, BSAT 3c	Success[39]	59
2011-09-21 21:38	VA-204		5ECA	561	Arabsat 5C, SES-2	Success[40]	60
2012-03-23 04:34	VA-205		5ES	553	ATV-3 "Edoardo Amaldi"	Success[41]	61
2012-05-15 22:13	VA-206		5ECA	562	JCSAT-13, Vinasat-2	Success[42]	62
2012-07-05 21:36	VA-207		5ECA	563	EchoStar XVII, MSG-3	Success[43]	63
2012-08-02 20:54	VA-208		5ECA	564	INTELSAT 20, HYLAS 2	Success[44]	64
2012-09-28 21:18	VA-209	5ECA	565	Astra 2F, GSAT-10	Success[45]	65
2012-11-10 21:05	VA-210	5ECA	566	Eutelsat 21B, Star One C3	Success[46]	66
2012-12-19 21:49	VA-211	5ECA	567	Skynet 5D, MEXSAT-3	Success[47]	67
2013-02-07 21:36	VA-212	5ECA	568	Amazonas-3, Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a	Success[48]	68
2013-06-05 21:52	VA-213	5ES	592	ATV-4 "Albert Einstein"	Success[49]	69
2013-07-25 19:54	VA-214	5ECA	569	Alphasat I-XL, INSAT-3D	Success[50]	70
2013-08-29 20:30	VA-215	5ECA	570	Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1, GSAT-7	Success[51]	71
2014-02-06 21:30	VA-217	5ECA	572	ABS-2, Athena-Fidus	Success[52]	72
2014-03-22 22:04	VA-216	5ECA	571	Astra 5B, Amazonas 4A	Success[53]	73
2014-07-29 23:47	VA-219	5ES	593	ATV-5 "Georges Lemaître"	Success[54]	74
2014-09-11 22:05	VA-218	5ECA	573	MEASAT 3b, Optus 10	Success[55]	75
2014-10-16 21:43	VA-220	5ECA	574	Intelsat 30, ARSAT-1	Success[56]	76
2014-12-06 20:40	VA-221	5ECA	575	DirecTV-14, GSAT-16	Success[57]	77
2015-04-26 20:00	VA-222	5ECA	576	Thor 7, SICRAL-2	Success[58]	78
2015-05-27 21:16	VA-223	5ECA	577	DirecTV-15, Sky Mexico 1	Success[59]	79
2015-07-15 21:42	VA-224	5ECA	578	Star One C4, MSG-4	Success[60]	80
2015-08-20 20:34	VA-225	5ECA	579	Eutelsat 8 West B, Intelsat 34	Success[61]	81
2015-09-30 20:30	VA-226	5ECA	580	NBN Co 1A, ARSAT-2	Success[62]	82
2015-11-10 21:34	VA-227	5ECA	581	Arabsat 6B, GSAT-15	Success[63]	83
2016-01-27 23:20	VA-228	5ECA	583	Intelsat 29e	Success[64]	84
2016-03-09 5:20	VA-229	5ECA	582	Eutelsat 65 West A	Success[65]	85

As of 25 March 2016, the next launch from ELA-3 is scheduled to occur on 7 June 2016, carrying EchoStar 18 and BRIsat.^[66]

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