Head to head

Ariane 44L vs Long March 2F/G

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

Long March 2F/G: 8,399 kg

Side by side

7 comparable figures

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

Metric	Ariane 44L	Long March 2F/G
Flights flown	40	22
Success rate	97.5%	100%
Payload to LEO (kg)	10,200	8,399
Length (m)	58.7	62
Diameter (m)	3.8	3.35
Launch mass (t)	484	464
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.

Long March 2F/G

Flight record

100% success rate22 of 22 flown

2011peak 2022 · 3 flights2026

Maiden flight 2011-10-31. Still flying.

Ariane 44L is built by Aérospatiale of France (company profile on Space Index).Long March 2F/G is built by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation of China.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Ariane 44L · Long March 2F/G.

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