Ariane 2 was an expendable space launch vehicle, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) between 1986 and 1989 as part of Ariane family of rockets. The principal manufacturer for the Ariane 2 was Aérospatiale, while the lead agency for its development was the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French government's space agency.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 2,580 kN
- Height
- 49.13 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Launch mass
- 215 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- 2,175 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
6
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
83.3%
5 of 6
Current success streak
5
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Ariane 2 | Tele-X — Success
- Ariane 2 | Intelsat 515 — Success
- Ariane 2 | TDF 1 — Success
- Ariane 2 | Intelsat 513 — Success
- Ariane 2 | TV-Sat 1 — Success