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ARIANE
Ariane 44L
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.
EXPENDABLERETIRED
SPECIFICATIONS
LENGTH58.7 m
DIAMETER3.8 m
MAX STAGE2
LAUNCH MASS484 t
LEO CAPACITY10200 kg
GTO CAPACITY4950 kg
THRUST5395 kN
LAUNCH COST—
FLIGHT RECORD
TOTAL LAUNCHES40
SUCCESSFUL39
FAILED1
CONSECUTIVE37
MAIDEN FLIGHT1989-06-05
MANUFACTURER
Aérospatiale
FRA · Government · FOUNDED 1970
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