Ariane 42L

In-active

Aérospatiale ()

March 12, 1993

Description

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.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
55.6 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Fairing Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
367.0 T
Thrust
4600.0 kN

Family

Name
Ariane 42L
Family
―
Variant
42L
Alias
―
Full Name
Ariane 42L

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
7000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
3590.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

Aérospatiale

Government

None

1970

Aérospatiale was a French state-owned aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale (SNIAS). Its head office was in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The name was changed to Aérospatiale during 1970.