Ariane 3 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for eleven launches between 1984 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets. The principal manufacturer for the Ariane 3 was Aérospatiale, while the lead agency for its development was the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
Specifications
- Thrust
- 5,100 kN
- Height
- 49.13 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Launch mass
- 234 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- 2,700 kg
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
11
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
90.9%
10 of 11
Current success streak
6
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 3 | Olympus — Success
- Ariane 3 | GStar 3 & SBS 5 — Success
- Ariane 3 | Insat 1C & ECS5 — Success
- Ariane 3 | Spacenet 3R & Télécom 1C — Success
- Ariane 3 | Aussat A3 & ECS 4 — Success