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Ariane 64
RetiredArianeGroup
Ariane 6 variant with four solid boosters, enabling heavier payloads.
Key figures
Total launches
2
Successes
2
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
2
Maiden flight
Feb 12, 2026
Launch cost
$90 Mio.
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
76d 16h
Planned launches
12
Ariane, Ariane 6 family total
8 launches · 8 successes · 0 failures (3 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Ariane 64” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Ariane, Ariane 6 family totals 8 launches across 3 variants.
Technology
Length
63 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Launch mass
860 t
Liftoff thrust
15,000 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
21,650 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
12,000 kg
SSO (sun-synchronous)
14,900 kg
Engines & propellant
| Boosters | 2 oder 4× P120C-Feststoffbooster | Feststoff (HTPB) |
| 1st stage | 1× Vulcain 2.1 | Flüssigwasserstoff / Flüssigsauerstoff |
| 2nd stage | 1× Vinci (wiederzündbar) | Flüssigwasserstoff / Flüssigsauerstoff |
Engine and propellant data from curated sources: ESA — Ariane 6 · Wikipedia — Ariane 6
Launches per year
of which in our database: 4
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia
- https://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ariane6_Users-Manual_February2017.pdf