ABOUT ARIANE 44L
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.
PAYLOAD CAPACITY
10,200 kg
TO LEO
22,491 lbs
4,950 kg
TO GTO
10,915 lbs
LIFTOFF THRUST
5,395
KILONEWTONS
1,212,845
POUNDS-FORCE
~7,235
HORSEPOWER
DIMENSIONS
Height58.7 m (193 ft)
Diameter3.8 m (12.5 ft)
Launch Mass484 kg (1,067 lbs)
Stages2
FLIGHT HISTORY
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 907
Ariane 44L | NSS 6
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 906
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 905
Ariane 44L | NSS 7
Ariane 44L | JCSAT 2A
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 904
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 902
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 901
Ariane 44L | SICRAL 1
Ariane 44L | Anik F1
Ariane 44L | Galaxy 11
Ariane 44L | Arabsat 3A & Skynet 4E
Ariane 44L | Afristar & GE 5
Ariane 44L | Eutelsat W2 & Sirius 3
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