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Ariane 5 G 505

Ariane 5 G 505 launched on March 21, 2000


Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana


Vehicle: Ariane 5 G Flight V128, Serial number 505


Payloads: INSAT-3B, AsiaStar


1:96 Scale model


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 502

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.


Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana


Vehicle: Flight V 101, Serial number 502.


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


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

 

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Ariane 5 G 501

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.


Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana


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


Payload: Cluster


1:96 Scale model (Updated)


 

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Ariane 5 G 504

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


Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana


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


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


1:96 Scale model (Updated)