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Ariane 44L

Aérospatiale

Manufacturer
Aérospatiale
Family
Ariane, Ariane 4
Maiden flight
1989-06-05
Length
58.7 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Payload to LEO
10,200 kg
Payload to GTO
4,950 kg
Launches
40
Successful
39

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.