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Ariane 44LP
ARIANE

Ariane 44LP

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
LENGTH58.4 m
DIAMETER3.8 m
MAX STAGE2
LAUNCH MASS420 t
LEO CAPACITY8000 kg
GTO CAPACITY4170 kg
THRUST5270 kN
LAUNCH COST—
FLIGHT RECORD
TOTAL LAUNCHES26
SUCCESSFUL25
FAILED1
CONSECUTIVE16
MAIDEN FLIGHT1988-06-15
MANUFACTURER

Aérospatiale

FRA · Government · FOUNDED 1970
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