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Ariane·Aérospatiale

Ariane 42L

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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
55.6 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Mass
367,000 kg
Stages
2
Thrust
4,600 kN
Payload to LEO
7,000 kg
Payload to GTO
3,590 kg
First flight
1993-03-12
Total launches
13
Success / Fail
13 / 0

The Ariane 4 was an expendable space launch system, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.

Payloads it launched

14 loaded