Ariane 44P

Built & Operated By
Aérospatiale
Government · founded 1970
Family
Ariane
variant 44P
Maiden Flight
4 APR 1991
About
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.
Vehicle Specifications
Height
56.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
357 T
Thrust
5,140 kN
Stages
3
Configuration
Expendable
Launch Record
Total Launches
15
Successful
15
Failed
0
Consecutive
15
Performance
To LEO
6,500 kg
To GTO
3,390 kg