GUF · Pad 66

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

The range

A fixed point beneath moving missions.

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.

Launch history

Missions from this pad.

Complete launch history

Launch Successful

Ariane 2 | Intelsat 513

May 17, 1988

Launch Failure

Ariane 3 | ECS 3 & Spacenet 3

Sep 12, 1985

To Be Determined

Vega-C | Ital-GovSatCom

Dec 31, 2024

To Be Determined

Vega-C | Sentinel CO2M-A

Nov 30, 2027

To Be Determined

Vega-C | PLATiNO 1

Mar 31, 2026

Launch Successful

Vega | Sentinel-2A

Jun 23, 2015

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