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.
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
1failureincluding partial failures
8success streakcurrent
First flight November 20, 1990 · latest May 4, 2002
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Ariane 42P flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |