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Ariane · Aérospatiale

Ariane 44P

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
56.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Mass
357,000 kg
Stages
3
Payload to LEO
6,500 kg
Payload to GTO
3,390 kg
First flight
1991-04-04
Total launches
15
Success / Fail
15 / 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 · 17

EUTELSAT 12 WEST B
GEO
TURKSAT 2A
GEO
EUROBIRD 4A
GEO
ST-1
GEO
BSAT-1B
GEO
NILESAT 101
GEO
EQUATOR S
HEO
JCSAT-1B
GEO
PAS 6
GEO
INTELSAT 802 (IS-802)
GEO
INTELSAT 801 (IS-801)
GEO
INTELSAT 709 (IS-709)
GEO
N-STAR B
GEO
ISO
HEO
N-STAR A
GEO
ANIK E1
GEO
ANIK E2
GEO