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Ariane 42P

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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.

Ariane 42P vehicle

Specifications

Thrust
3,944 kN
Height
55.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch mass
323 t
Stages
2
LEO capacity
6,000 kg
GTO capacity
2,990 kg

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

15flightswith a definitive outcome
93.3%success rate14 of 15
8success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

5 of 15

All 15 flights