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Ariane · Aérospatiale

Ariane 44LP

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
58.4 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Mass
420,000 kg
Stages
2
Payload to LEO
8,000 kg
Payload to GTO
4,170 kg
First flight
1988-06-15
Total launches
26
Success / Fail
25 / 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 · 42

DIRECTV 4S
GEO
INTELSAT 12 (IS-12)
GEO
BRASILSAT B4
GEO
NILESAT 102
GEO
SUPERBIRD-B2
GEO
AMC-4 (GE-4)
GEO
TELSTAR 12 (ORION 2)
GEO
GALAXY 27 (G-27)
GEO
INTELSAT 7 (IS-7)
GEO
INMARSAT 3-F5
GEO
BRASILSAT B3
GEO
METEOSAT-7
GEO
EUTELSAT W75
GEO
THAICOM 3
GEO
BSAT-1A
GEO
INTELSAT 707 (IS-707)
GEO
INTELSAT 706 (IS-706)
GEO
BRASILSAT B2
GEO
HOT BIRD 1
GEO
TURKSAT 1B
GEO
BRASILSAT B1
GEO
STRV 1B
MEO
STRV 1A
MEO
INTELSAT 702 (IS-702)
GEO