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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
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 · 65

INTELSAT 907 (IS-907)
GEO
NSS-6
GEO
INTELSAT 906 (IS-906)
GEO
INTELSAT 905 (IS-905)
GEO
NSS-7
GEO
ASTRA 3A
GEO
JCSAT-2A
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
BADR-3 (ARABSAT-3A)
GEO
SKYNET 4E
GEO
AMC-5 (GE-5)
GEO
AFRISTAR
GEO
SIRIUS 3
GEO
EUTELSAT W2
GEO
ASTRA 5A (SIRIUS 2)
GEO
INDOSTAR 1
GEO
INSAT-2D
GEO
INMARSAT 3-F4
GEO