Ariane is a series of a European civilian expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. The name comes from the French spelling of the mythological character Ariadne; the word ...
On 27 May 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA rocket set a new commercial payload lifting record of 8.2 tonnes. The dual-payload consisted of the Thaicom 5 and Satmex 6 satellites. On 4 May 2007 the ...
Series of launch vehicles built by the European Space Agency, mainly to put telecommunications satellites into orbit two at a time. The first flight was in 1979.