🇬🇫French Guiana · 6 pads
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
415 launches have flown from the 6 pads here, the first in March 1970.
Pads
6 2 active
Launches
415
Success rate
94.3% 317/336
First flight
1970-03-10
Latest flight
2026-09-15
Location
Pads
| Pad | Status | Launches | Success | First | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane Launch Area 2 | Retired | 119 | 97.5% | 1986-03-28 | 2003-02-15 |
| Ariane Launch Area 3 | Retired | 119 | 95.8% | 1996-06-04 | 2023-07-05 |
| Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Active | 78 | 85.7% | 1971-11-05 | 2026-09-15 |
| Ariane Launch Area 4 | Active | 60 | 100.0% | 2024-07-09 | 2026-08-27 |
| Soyuz Launch Complex | Retired | 28 | 96.2% | 2011-10-21 | 2022-02-10 |
| Diamant Launch Area | Retired | 11 | 75.0% | 1970-03-10 | 1975-09-27 |
Who launches from here
6 operatorsVehicles flown
29 typesAriane 5 ECA 73Ariane 44L 40Ariane 64 40Vega-C 30Ariane 44LP 26Vega 22Soyuz STB 19Ariane 5 G 16Ariane 42P 15Ariane 44P 15Ariane 62 15Ariane 42L 13Ariane 1 11Ariane 3 11Ariane 5 ECA+ 11Ariane 5 ES 8Soyuz STA 8Ariane 40 7Ariane 2 6Ariane 5 GS 6Ariane 6 5Diamant B 5Ariane 5 G+ 3Diamant BP4 3Maia 2Miura 5 2Callisto 1Europa II 1Vega-E 1
Launch cadence
decided flights per year1970Peak 1997, 12 launches2026
Site record
- Country
- French Guiana
- Coordinates
- 5.2320° N, 52.7782° W
- Pads
- 6 (2 active)
- Pad operators
- Arianespace, National Center of Space Research
- Top orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (121)
Recent flights
336 flights| Date | Mission | Pad | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega-C | Avio | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2026-08-27 | Ariane 62 | MTG-I2 | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2026-06-17 | Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-03) | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 64 | Arianespace | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2026-05-19 | Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega-C | Avio | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 2026-04-30 | Ariane 64 | Amazon Leo (LE-02) | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 64 | Arianespace | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2026-02-12 | Ariane 64 | Amazon Leo (LE-01) | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 64 | Arianespace | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-12-17 | Ariane 62 | Galileo L14 (FOC FM33 & FM34) | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Medium Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2025-12-01 | Vega-C | KOMPSAT-7 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-11-04 | Ariane 62 | Sentinel-1D | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-08-13 | Ariane 62 | Metop-SG A1 | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-07-26 | Vega-C | CO3D & MicroCarb | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-04-29 | Vega-C | Biomass | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2025-03-06 | Ariane 62 | CSO-3 | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 62 | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-12-05 | Vega-C | Sentinel-1C | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-09-05 | Vega | Sentinel-2C | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2024-07-09 | Ariane 62 | Maiden Flight | Ariane Launch Area 4 | Ariane 62 | European Space Agency | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2023-10-09 | Vega | THEOS-2, TRITON & others | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
| 2023-07-05 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Arianespace | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2023-04-14 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Arianespace | Heliocentric N/A | Success |
| 2022-12-21 | Vega-C | Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega-C | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Failure |
| 2022-12-13 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Arianespace | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2022-09-07 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Eutelsat Konnect VHTS | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Arianespace | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2022-07-13 | Vega-C | LARES-2 (Maiden flight) | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega-C | European Space Agency | Medium Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2022-06-22 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Measat-3d & GSAT 24 | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Arianespace | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2022-02-10 | Soyuz STB/Fregat | OneWeb 13 | Soyuz Launch Complex | Soyuz STB | Arianespace | Polar Orbit | Success |
| 2021-12-25 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Arianespace | Sun-Earth L2 | Success |
| 2021-12-05 | Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L11 (FOC FM23-FM24) | Soyuz Launch Complex | Soyuz STB | Arianespace | Medium Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2021-11-16 | Vega | CERES | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega | Arianespace | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2021-10-24 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | SES-17 & Syracuse 4A | Ariane Launch Area 3 | Ariane 5 ECA+ | Arianespace | Geostationary Transfer Orbit | Success |
| 2021-08-17 | Vega | Pléiades Neo 4 | Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) | Vega | Arianespace | Sun-Synchronous Orbit | Success |
Each pad's full history is on its own page.
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.