Ariane 44P

In-active

Aérospatiale ()

April 4, 1991

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
3
Length
56.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Fairing Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
357.0 T
Thrust
5140.0 kN

Family

Name
Ariane 44P
Family
―
Variant
44P
Alias
―
Full Name
Ariane 44P

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
6500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
3390.0 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.

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