| Launcher
version |
Payload capacity -
configuration |
First launch |
Features |
A5E/CA
(Ariane 5 Evolution with l'ESC-A) |
10,5 tonnes, dual launch to
GTO |
Mid 2002 (Ariane Flight 517)
|
- EPC (main stage):
Vulcain 2 (+20% thrust), lowered common bulkhead
in tank; strengthened eqquiped forward skirt and
equipped thrust frame.
- EAP (boosters): welded
sections (in production); extra propellant in
segment 1; strengthened skirts; lightened nozzle.
- VEB: (Vehicle Equipment
Bay) : lightened structure (composite structure)
"A" cryogenic Upper Stage, based on use of Ariane
4 HM-7 engine (A4 H 10 third stage engine)
- EADS LV delivers the
equipped thrust frame-to Astrium
|
A5E/S
(Ariane 5 Evolution with l'EPS) |
8 tonnes,
dual launch to GTO |
End 2003
beginning
of 2004 |
- EPC and EAP : same
- Storable propellant
upper stage; strengthened nozzle and extra MMH
fuel in tanks.
|
A5E/Sversatile
(Ariane 5 Evolution with EPS/V |
- ATV missions
- Launch of constellations
- Launch of interplanetary
flights
|
Mid 2002 |
- EPC and EAP : same
- Storable propellant
upper stage; strengthened nozzle and extra MMH
fuel in tanks.
|
A5E/CB
(Ariane 5 Evolution with l'ESC-B) |
11 tonnes dual launch to GTO
- LEO missions, GTO+
- Versatile missions
|
Mid 2006 |
- EPC : same
- EAP : extra propellant *
in S2, S3
- "B" upper stage equipped
with VINCI cryogenic engine : restartable engine
and nozzle with extendible exit cone.
|
