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Ariane · Aérospatiale

Ariane 42L

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
55.6 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Mass
367,000 kg
Stages
2
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

INSAT-3C
GEO
N-SAT-110 (JCSAT-110)
GEO
GALAXY 4R (G-4R)
GEO
GALAXY 10R (G-10R)
GEO
INTELSAT 6B (IS-6B)
GEO
EUTELSAT 115 WEST A
GEO
INTELSAT 804 (IS-804)
GEO
NSS-5
GEO
ASTRA 1E
GEO
TELSTAR 4 (TELSTAR 402R)
GEO
INTELSAT 4 (IS-4)
GEO
TELSTAR 402
LEO
ARSENE (AO-24)
GEO
ASTRA 1C
GEO