ABOUT ARIANE 44LP
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
8,000 kg
TO LEO
17,640 lbs
4,170 kg
TO GTO
9,195 lbs
LIFTOFF THRUST
5,270
KILONEWTONS
1,184,743
POUNDS-FORCE
~7,067
HORSEPOWER
FLIGHT HISTORY
Ariane 44LP | DirecTV-4S
Ariane 44LP | Europe*Star 1
Ariane 44LP | Brasilsat B4 & Nilesat 102
Ariane 44LP | Superbird B2
Ariane 44LP | GE 4
Ariane 44LP | Orion 2
Ariane 44LP | Telstar 7
Ariane 44LP | PAS 7
Ariane 44LP | Inmarsat-3 F5 & Brasilsat B3
Ariane 44LP | Hot Bird 3 & Meteosat 7
Ariane 44LP | Thaicom 3 & BSat 1a
Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 707
Ariane 44LP | Eutelsat 2 F5 & Türksat 1A
Ariane 44LP | Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6
Ariane 44LP | INTELSAT 701
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