Ariane 44L
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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
- 5,395 kN
- Height
- 58.7 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Launch mass
- 484 t
- Stages
- 2
- LEO capacity
- 10,200 kg
- GTO capacity
- 4,950 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
40flightswith a definitive outcome
97.5%success rate39 of 40
1failureincluding partial failures
37success streakcurrent
First flight June 5, 1989 · latest February 15, 2003
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for Ariane 44L flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1990 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |