The Ariane 5 blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 5:20 p.m. ET Thursday evening carrying an SES communications satellite and another owned by Yahsat.

Where Ariane 1, 2 and 3 (1979-1989) and Ariane 4 (1988-2003) were closely related, the larger and more powerful Ariane 5 was developed essentially as an all-new launch system.

Arianespace ordered the final 10 Ariane 5 boosters Jan. 9, placing a billion-plus euro contract with ArianeGroup to build the rockets while spinning up the first Ariane 6 rockets.

An Ariane 5 topped with two communications satellites is scheduled to launch from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, this evening during a 90-minute window that opens at 5 p.m. EDT ...

Ariane 5’s retirement means that Europe currently has no heavy-lift rocket available. With few options until it deploys the Ariane 6, Europe has to look elsewhere for launch assistance.

Ariane 5 was Europe’s main ride to space and without it the European space industry is quickly running out of rocket options, at least for the foreseeable future.

WASHINGTON — The Ariane 5 rocket that deviated from its expected flight path Jan. 25 and lost contact with ground control was fed the wrong coordinates, according to the independent commission ...

Two communications satellites for operators in Malaysia and Australia are awaiting liftoff Thursday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, going for its 75th flight from a tropical launch pad on the shores of ...

An Ariane 5 carrying two telecommunications satellites, Intelsat 39, built by Space Systems/Loral, ...More and EDRS-C, built by OHB System, lifts off from its launchpad in Kourou, at the European ...

A final order for a batch of 10 Ariane 5 rockets has been raised. The vehicle, which has been the mainstay of European launcher activity for the past 20 years, will be phased out once its ...

Ariane 5 carried payloads for Germany and France on its final mission It had a great career that saw it carrying payloads like the James Webb Space Telescope Its successor, Ariane 6, is gearing up ...

The Ariane 5 rocket launched for the final time almost exactly a year ago, marking its 117th mission since its 1996 debut. Across those decades, the Ariane 5 only suffered two launch failures ...