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Ariane · Aérospatiale

Ariane 40

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
55.6 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Mass
245,000 kg
Stages
2
Payload to LEO
4,600 kg
Payload to GTO
2,290 kg
First flight
1990-01-22
Total launches
7
Success / Fail
7 / 0

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.

Payloads it launched · 26

HELIOS 1B
LEO
CLEMENTINE
LEO
SPOT 4
LEO
UPM/LBSAT
LEO
HELIOS 1A
LEO
CERISE
LEO
ERS-2
LEO
EYESAT A (AO-27)
LEO
STELLA
LEO
KITSAT B (KO-25)
LEO
HEALTHSAT 1
LEO
SPOT 3
LEO
ITAMSAT (IO-26)
LEO
POSAT 1
LEO
TUBSAT A
LEO
ERS-1
LEO
ORBCOMM-X
OrbComm · LEO
UOSAT 5 (UO-22)
LEO
SARA
LEO
UOSAT 3 (UO-14)
LEO
PACSAT (AO-16)
LEO
DOVE (DO-17)
LEO
SPOT 2
LEO
WEBERSAT (WO-18)
LEO