Head to head

Ariane 44L vs Ariane 44LP

Two vehicles in the same payload class. Every figure below comes from the same two sources for both rockets, and a row appears only when both publish the input.

Payload to low Earth orbit

Relative

Ariane 44L: 10,200 kg

Ariane 44LP: 8,000 kg

Side by side

9 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	Ariane 44L	Ariane 44LP
Flights flown	40	26
Success rate	97.5%	96.2%
Payload to LEO (kg)	10,200	8,000
Payload to GTO (kg)	4,950	4,170
Liftoff thrust (kN)	5,395	5,270
Length (m)	58.7	58.4
Diameter (m)	3.8	3.8
Launch mass (t)	484	420
Stages	2	2

Ariane 44L

Flight record

97.5% success rate39 of 40 flown · 1 failed

1989peak 2002 · 6 flights2003

Maiden flight 1989-06-05. Retired.

Ariane 44LP

Flight record

96.2% success rate25 of 26 flown · 1 failed

1988peak 1994 · 3 flights2001

Maiden flight 1988-06-15. Retired.

Ariane 44L is built by Aérospatiale of France (company profile on Space Index).Ariane 44LP is built by Aérospatiale of France (company profile on Space Index).

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Ariane 44L · Ariane 44LP.

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.