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Ariane·Aérospatiale

Ariane 44L

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
58.7 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Mass
484,000 kg
Stages
2
Thrust
5,395 kN
Payload to LEO
10,200 kg
Payload to GTO
4,950 kg
First flight
1989-06-05
Total launches
40
Success / Fail
39 / 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

60 loaded
INTELSAT 907 (IS-907)
GEO
NSS-6
GEO
INTELSAT 906 (IS-906)
GEO
INTELSAT 905 (IS-905)
GEO
NSS-7
GEO
JCSAT-2A
GEO
ASTRA 3A
GEO
INTELSAT 904 (IS-904)
GEO
INTELSAT 902 (IS-902)
GEO
INTELSAT 901 (IS-901)
GEO
SICRAL 1
GEO
SKYNET 4F
GEO
ANIK F1
GEO
GALAXY 11 (G-11)
GEO
SKYNET 4E
GEO
BADR-3 (ARABSAT-3A)
GEO
AMC-5 (GE-5)
GEO
AFRISTAR
GEO
EUTELSAT W2
GEO
SIRIUS 3
GEO
INDOSTAR 1
GEO
ASTRA 5A (SIRIUS 2)
GEO
INSAT-2D
GEO
INMARSAT 3-F4
GEO
AMC-2 (GE-2)
GEO
NAHUEL 1A
GEO
AFRICASAT-2 (MEASAT-2)
GEO
ARABSAT-2B
GEO
TELECOM 2D
GEO
ITALSAT 2
GEO
ARABSAT-2A
GEO
TURKSAT 1C
GEO
PALAPA C2
GEO
INTELSAT 24 (IS-24)
GEO
AFRICASAT-1 (MEASAT-1)
GEO
INTELSAT 3R (IS-3R)
GEO
INSAT-2C
GEO
TELECOM 2C
GEO
THAICOM 2
GEO
SOLIDARIDAD 2
GEO
INTELSAT 2 (IS-2)
GEO
BS-3N
GEO
THAICOM 1
GEO
DIRECTV 1 (DBS 1)
GEO
HISPASAT 1B
GEO
INSAT-2B
GEO
INSAT-2A
GEO
EUTELSAT 2-F4
GEO
TELECOM 2B
GEO
INMARSAT 2-F4
GEO
SUPERBIRD-B1
GEO
INSAT-2DT (ARABSAT-1C)
GEO
INMARSAT 2-F3
GEO
TELECOM 2A
GEO
INTELSAT 601 (IS-601)
GEO
INTELSAT 605 (IS-605)
GEO
EUTELSAT 2-F2
GEO
ITALSAT 1
GEO
SBS-6
GEO
GALAXY 6 (G-6)
GEO