Ariane 5 ES
FRA Wikipedia 
Built & Operated By
ArianeGroup
Commercial · founded 2015
Family
Ariane
variant ES
Maiden Flight
9 MAR 2008
About
The Ariane 5 ES (Evolution Storable) has an estimated LEO launch capacity of 21,000 kg (46,000 lb). It includes all the performance improvements of Ariane 5 ECA core and boosters but replaces the ESC-A second stage with the restartable EPS used on Ariane 5 GS variants. It was used to launch the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) into a 260 km circular low Earth orbit inclined at 51.6° and has been used 3 times to launch 4 Galileo navigation satellites at a time directly into their operational orbit. The Ariane 5 ES flew 8 times from 2008 to 2018 with no failures.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
45.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
746 T
Thrust
11,400 kN
Stages
2
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
8
Successful
8
Failed
0
Consecutive
8
Performance
To LEO
21,000 kg
Apogee
40,000 km