Though it was named "Ariane," unlike Ariane 1 through 4, Ariane 5 was a completely new two-stage liquid-fueled booster with two strap-on solid-fueled boosters that gave it a payload capacity of 21 ...

An Ariane 5 heavy-lift booster on July 5 launched into geostationary transfer orbit two telecommunications satellites, Japan's N-Star, developed by Lockheed Martin and the Orbital Sciences Corp ...

Arianespace successfully launched an Ariane 5 booster on flight V138 from Kourou on 20 December. The booster carried the Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) Astra 2D and GE Americom's GE-8 ...

This new rocket was largely a modernization of the Ariane 5, including an updated design for the solid rocket booster and its Vulcain main engine. European space officials said the Ariane 6 rocket ...

An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two satellites into orbit late Saturday (Oct. 23) on the booster's heaviest mission yet after a one-day delay due to ground system checks.

The Measat 3b and Optus 10 spacecraft rocketed away from a launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana, at 2205 GMT (6:05 p.m. EDT), riding on top of an 18-story Ariane 5 booster to begin 15-year missions ...

The Ariane 5 rocket bears some similarities to SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV, with a core booster and two side boosters affording it extra power for more ...

The 164-foot-tall (50-meter) Ariane 5 rocket looks similar to SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy and United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV, with a core booster and two side boosters giving it extra power for ...

Arianespace is preparing to launch its first Ariane 5 ECA booster featuring Snecma's first-stage Vulcain 2 cryogenic engine, which allows the vehicle to carry 10,000kg (22,000lb) into ...

An Ariane 4 booster has successfully orbited the Eutelsat W1 communications satellite, the first in three launches planned for this month. The Astra 2B and GE 7 telecom spacecraft are scheduled to ...

A European-built rocket roared into space from South America on Thursday, carrying two new satellites on very different missions. The unmanned Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from a pad at the Guiana ...

Measat 3b and Optus 10 satellites launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket, Sept. 11, 2014.