Active 🇬🇫French Guiana
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
A launch pad at Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.78 launches have flown from it since November 1971, 48 of 56 successfully.
Launches
78
Success rate
85.7% 48/56
Failures
8
First flight
1971-11-05
Latest flight
2026-09-15
Busiest year
1984 4 flights
Fastest turnaround
55d 10h 7m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 5.2360° N
52.7750° W - Status
- Active
- Spaceport
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- French Guiana
- Pad operator
- Arianespace
- LL2 pad tally
- 56 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
ELA-1, now named Ensemble de Lancement Vega (short ELV), is a launch pad at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. It has been used to support launches of the Europa rocket, Ariane 1, Ariane 3, and is currently used to launch Vega rockets.
Who launches from here
3 operatorsVehicles flown
6 typesLaunches per year
decided flights1971Peak 1984, 4 launches2026
Orbits delivered
8 destinationsSun-Synchronous Orbit 42Geostationary Orbit 21Low Earth Orbit 5Elliptical Orbit 3Asteroid 1Heliocentric L1 1Medium Earth Orbit 1Polar Orbit 1
Scheduled
22 undecided| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-12-31 | Vega-C | IRIDE 1 | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2026-12-31 | Vega-C | IRIDE 2 | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-04-30 | Vega-C | KOMPSAT-6 & PLATiNO 1 | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-06-30 | Vega-C | CSG-4 | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-11-30 | Vega-C | Sentinel CO2M-A | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-11-30 | Vega-C | PLATiNO 2 | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | Vega-C | FORMOSAT-8C | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | Vega-C | FORUM | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2027-12-31 | Vega-C | Amazonia-1B | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2028-03-31 | Vega-C | Pléiades Neo Next 1 | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2028-03-31 | Vega-C | Sentinel CO2M-B | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2028-12-31 | Vega-C | FORMOSAT-8D | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2028-12-31 | Vega-C | Sentinel-3D | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2028-12-31 | Vega-C | Altius | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2028-12-31 | Vega-C | FORMOSAT-9A | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2028-12-31 | Vega-C | EAGLE-1 | Vega-C | Avio | Low Earth Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2028-12-31 | Vega-C Block 2 | Space Rider | Vega-C | Avio | Low Earth Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2029-12-31 | Vega-C | SBG-TIR | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2029-12-31 | Vega-C | ClearSpace-1 | Vega-C | Avio | Low Earth Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2029-12-31 | Vega-C | Harmony | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2030-12-31 | Vega-C | FORMOSAT-9B | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
| 2030-12-31 | Vega-C | TRUTHS | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Scheduled |
Excluded from every count and rate above. Dates are as recorded at the last build, when the most recent decided flight was 2026-09-15.
Flight record
56 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2026-05-19 | Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) | Vega-C | Avio | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 2025-12-01 | Vega-C | KOMPSAT-7 | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-07-26 | Vega-C | CO3D & MicroCarb | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-04-29 | Vega-C | Biomass | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-12-05 | Vega-C | Sentinel-1C | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-09-05 | Vega | Sentinel-2C | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2023-10-09 | Vega | THEOS-2, TRITON & others | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2022-12-21 | Vega-C | Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 2022-07-13 | Vega-C | LARES-2 (Maiden flight) | Vega-C | European Space Agency | Medium Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2021-11-16 | Vega | CERES | Vega | Arianespace | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2021-08-17 | Vega | Pléiades Neo 4 | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2021-04-29 | Vega | Pléiades Neo 3 | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2020-11-17 | Vega | SEOSAT-Ingenio & Taranis | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 2020-09-03 | Vega | SSMS PoC | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2019-07-11 | Vega | Falcon Eye 1 | Vega | Arianespace | Polar Orbit | Failure |
| 2019-03-22 | Vega | PRISMA | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2018-11-21 | Vega | Mohammed VI-B | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2018-08-22 | Vega | ADM-Aeolus | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2017-11-08 | Vega | Mohammed VI-A | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2017-08-02 | Vega | OptSat 3000 & VENµS (VENUS) | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2017-03-07 | Vega | Sentinel-2B | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2016-12-05 | Vega | Göktürk-1A | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2016-09-16 | Vega | PerĂşSAT-1 / SkySat 4-7 | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2015-12-03 | Vega | LISA Pathfinder | Vega | Arianespace | Heliocentric L1 | Success |
| 2015-06-23 | Vega | Sentinel-2A | Vega | Arianespace | – | Success |
| 2015-02-11 | Vega | IXV | Vega | Arianespace | – | Success |
| 2014-04-30 | Vega | KazEOSat 1 | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2013-05-07 | Vega | Proba-V, VNREDSat 1A, ESTCube-1 | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2012-02-13 | Vega | Multipayload mission, 9 satellites | Vega | European Space Agency | – | Success |
| 1989-07-12 | Ariane 3 | Olympus | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1989-04-02 | Ariane 2 | Tele-X | Ariane 2 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1989-01-27 | Ariane 2 | Intelsat 515 | Ariane 2 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1988-10-28 | Ariane 2 | TDF 1 | Ariane 2 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1988-07-21 | Ariane 3 | Insat 1C & ECS5 | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1988-05-17 | Ariane 2 | Intelsat 513 | Ariane 2 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1988-03-11 | Ariane 3 | Spacenet 3R & Télécom 1C | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1987-09-16 | Ariane 3 | Aussat A3 & ECS 4 | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1986-05-31 | Ariane 2 | Intelsat 514 | Ariane 2 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Failure |
| 1986-02-22 | Ariane 1 | SPOT 1 & Viking | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 1985-09-12 | Ariane 3 | ECS 3 & Spacenet 3 | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Failure |
| 1985-07-02 | Ariane 1 | Giotto | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Asteroid | Success |
| 1985-05-08 | Ariane 3 | Gstar 1 & Télécom 1B | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1985-02-08 | Ariane 3 | Arabsat 1A & Brasilsat A1 | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1984-11-10 | Ariane 3 | Spacenet 2 & Marecs 2 | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1984-08-04 | Ariane 3 | ECS 2 & Télécom 1A | Ariane 3 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1984-05-23 | Ariane 1 | Spacenet 1 | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1984-03-05 | Ariane 1 | Intelsat 508 | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1983-10-19 | Ariane 1 | Intelsat 507 | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1983-06-16 | Ariane 1 | ECS 1 | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1982-09-09 | Ariane 1 | Marecs B & Sirio 2 | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Failure |
| 1981-12-20 | Ariane 1 | Marecs 1 | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1981-06-19 | Ariane 1 | Meteosat 2 | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Geostationary Orbit | Success |
| 1980-05-23 | Ariane 1 | Firewheel | Ariane 1 | Arianespace | Elliptical Orbit | Failure |
| 1979-12-24 | Ariane 1 | CAT 1 | Ariane 1 | European Space Agency | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1971-11-05 | Europa II | STV 4 | Europa II | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.