Ariane·Aérospatiale
Ariane 2
retired
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 49.13 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Mass
- 215,000 kg
- Stages
- 3
- Thrust
- 2,580 kN
- Payload to GTO
- 2,175 kg
- First flight
- 1986-05-31
- Total launches
- 6
- Success / Fail
- 5 / 1
Ariane 2 was an expendable space launch vehicle, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) between 1986 and 1989 as part of Ariane family of rockets. The principal manufacturer for the Ariane 2 was Aérospatiale, while the lead agency for its development was the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French government's space agency.
Payloads it launched
5 loaded