Ariane 5 Maiden flight launched on June 4, 1996. Flight was a failure with rocket self destructing 37 seconds after liftoff due to a malfunction in the control software.

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Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

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Vehicle: First Ariane 5 G configuration, Flight V88, Serial number 501.

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Payload: Cluster

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1:96 Scale model (Updated)

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Ariane 5 Second Flight launched on Oct 30, 1997. Flight was a partial failure due to premature shutdown of core stage. Upper stage could not reach intended orbit.

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Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

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Vehicle: Flight V 101, Serial number 502.

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Payload: Teamsat, Maqsat-H, Maqsat-B, YES.

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1:96 Scale model (Updated fairing thanks to a Space Agency Engineer @DutchSpace from Twitter  

Ariane 5 G configuration, launched successfully on Oct 21, 1998

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Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

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Third Ariane V flight V-112, Serial Number 503.

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Payload: MaqSat 3 and ARD (Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator)

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1:96 Scale model (Updated)

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Ariane 5 G configuration launched successfully on Dec 10, 1999.

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Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

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Fourth Ariane V launch Flight V-119, Serial Number 504

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Payload: XMM-Newton (X-Ray space observatory)

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1:96 Scale model (Updated)

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Ariane 5 G 505 launched on March 21, 2000

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Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

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Vehicle: Ariane 5 G Flight V128, Serial number 505

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Payloads: INSAT-3B, AsiaStar

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1:96 Scale model

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First time the "arianespace" logo was placed on each side of the fairing and the CNES logo was placed on the wrong segment on the left EAP booster.

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Ariane 5 G+ variant, launched on March 2, 2004. This was the Maiden Flight of an Ariane 5 G+ variant.

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Launch Site: Kourou ELA-3, French Guiana

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Vehicle: Flight V-158

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Payload: Rosetta space probe and lander Philae, studied Comet 67P

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1:96 Scale Model (Updated)

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Ariane 5 ES configuration, successfully launched on March 9, 2008

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Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

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Flight V-181, Serial Number 528

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Payload: ATV-1 \"Jules Verne\"

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1:96 Scale model

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ATV-1 "Jules Verne" (European Automated Transfer Vehicle). Launched aboard the Ariane V ES Flight 181 on March 9, 2008 to the ISS.

Ariane 5 ECA V188 was successfully launched on May 14, 2009

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Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

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Vehicle: ECA configuration, Flight number V188

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Payload: HERSCHEL and PLANCK Space Observatories from ESA.

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1:96 Scale Model

Ariane 5 ES configuration launched on Feb 16, 2011

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Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

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Flight VA 200

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Payload: ATV-2 Johannes Kepler

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1:96 scale model

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ATV-2 "Johannes Kepler" (European Automated Transfer Vehicle. Launched on Feb 16, 2011 aboard the Ariane V ES Flight 200 to the ISS.

Ariane 5 ES configuration launched on March 23, 2012

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Launch Site: French Guiana

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Flight VA 205

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Payload: ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi

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1:96 Scale model

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