Space · launch vehicle
Ariane 44L
AÉROSPATIALE
RETIRED
At a glance
Launches
40
Success rate
97.5%
39 ok · 1 failed
Payload to LEO
10,200 kg
Payload to GTO
4,950 kg
Manufacturer
AérospatialeStatus
RetiredFirst flight
05 Jun 1989Reusable
NoHeight
58.7 mDiameter
3.8 mLaunch mass
484 tLiftoff thrust
5,395 kNStages
2Launch cost
—Booster landings
—Links
WikipediaAbout
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.
Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026