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Ariane · Aérospatiale

Ariane 42P

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
55.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Mass
323,000 kg
Stages
2
Payload to LEO
6,000 kg
Payload to GTO
2,990 kg
First flight
1990-11-20
Total launches
15
Success / Fail
14 / 1

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 · 18

IDEFIX & ARIANE 42P R/B
LEO
SPOT 5
LEO
ABS-7
GEO
TELKOM 1
GEO
INSAT-2E (APR-1)
GEO
EUTELSAT 16B
GEO
ECHOSTAR 2
GEO
MSAT M1
GEO
DIRECTV 3 (DBS 3)
GEO
ASTRA 1D
GEO
HGS-4 (GALAXY 4)
GEO
SUPERBIRD-A1
GEO
GALAXY 7 (G-7)
GEO
TOPEX/POSEIDON
LEO
S80/T
LEO
KITSAT A (KO-23)
LEO
GSTAR 4
GEO
SATCOM C1
GEO