Ariane 1
FRA Wikipedia 
Built & Operated By
Aérospatiale
Government · founded 1970
Family
Ariane
variant 1
Maiden Flight
24 DEC 1979
About
Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), which had been formed in 1973, the same year that development of the launch had commenced.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
50 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
207 T
Thrust
2,771 kN
Stages
4
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
11
Successful
9
Failed
2
Consecutive
6
Performance
To LEO
1,400 kg
To GTO
1,850 kg