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Ariane 2

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
49.13 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Mass
215,000 kg
Stages
3
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

TELE-X
GEO
INTELSAT 515
GEO
TDF 1
GEO
NSS-513 (INTELSAT 513)
GEO
TVSAT 1
GEO