Ariane·Aérospatiale
Ariane 1
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 50 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Mass
- 207,000 kg
- Stages
- 4
- Thrust
- 2,771 kN
- Payload to LEO
- 1,400 kg
- Payload to GTO
- 1,850 kg
- First flight
- 1979-12-24
- Total launches
- 11
- Success / Fail
- 9 / 2
Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), which had been formed in 1973, the same year that development of the launch had commenced.
Payloads it launched
15 loaded