ELA-3

Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3
Ariane Launch Complex 3
ELA-3 before the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
Map
Launch siteGuiana Space Centre
Location5°14′20″N 52°46′05″W / 5.239°N 52.768°W / 5.239; -52.768
Time zoneUTC−03 (GFT)
Short nameELA-3
OperatorArianespace
Total launches117
Launch history
StatusInactive
First launch4 June 1996
Ariane 5 G (CLUSTER)
Last launch5 July 2023
Ariane 5 ECA (Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz)
Associated
rockets
Ariane 5

ELA-3 (French: Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3, lit.'Ariane Launch Complex 3') is a launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Currently inactive, the complex was first used in June 1996 in support of the now retired Ariane 5 rocket. ELA-3 is 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) in size.[1]

  1. ^ "Europe's spaceport". ESA.