02 DEZ. 2005 Veröffentlichungsdatum 9792 Aufrufe

Main data

Ariane 5 GS

Height

up to 47 m

Diameter

up to 5.4

Liftoff mass *

750 tonnes

Payload mass **

6.7 tonnes

* double launch
** into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

The Ariane 5 GS was derived from the Ariane-5 Generic launcher, produced after the end of the Ariane 5 G+ series.


This Ariane 5 version integrated elements produced in the frame of the Ariane 5 ECA and Ariane 5 ES ATV developments. It incorporated:

  • EAP boosters with more propellant in the S1 segments

  • a composite VEB with the electrical equipments identical to those produced for the Ariane 5 ECA version

  • an EPS stage loaded with 300 kg more propellant

The central core stage (EPC) used the Vulcain 1B engine delivering a thrust level of 110 tonnes.

The Ariane 5 GS is no longer being used. The first flight of the Ariane 5 GS took place successfully on 11 August 2005.

On 18 December 2009, the last Ariane 5 GS lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana placing the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit. Flight VA193 was the seventh Ariane 5 launch of 2009 and was the last of the GS version of the launcher.


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