Short name ELA-3 Status Active Launch pad 1 Total launches 88 | ||
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First launch 4 June 1996Ariane 5 G / CLUSTER Last launch 5 October 2016Ariane 5 ECA / Sky Muster II + GSAT-18 | ||
ELA-3, short for Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 (French for Ariane Launch Area 3), is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guyana. ELA-3 is operated by Arianespace as part of the expendable launch system for Ariane 5 rockets. As of October 2016, 88 launches have been carried out from it, the first of which occurred on 4 June 1996.
ELA-3 is 21 square kilometres in size.
Scheduled flights
As of 5 October 2016, the next launch from ELA-3 is scheduled to occur on 17 November 2016, carrying four Galileo satellites on the FOC-M6 mission.
References
ELA-3 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA