Head to head

Ariane 44L vs PSLV

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

PSLV: 3,800 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	PSLV
Flights flown	40	30
Success rate	97.5%	93.3%
Payload to LEO (kg)	10,200	3,800
Payload to GTO (kg)	4,950	1,200
Liftoff thrust (kN)	5,395	4,847
Length (m)	58.7	44
Diameter (m)	3.8	2.8
Launch mass (t)	484	230
Stages	2	4

Ariane 44L

Flight record

97.5% success rate39 of 40 flown · 1 failed

1989peak 2002 · 6 flights2003

Maiden flight 1989-06-05. Retired.

PSLV

Flight record

93.3% success rate28 of 30 flown · 2 failed

1993peak 2007 · 2 flights2024

Maiden flight 2007-04-23. Still flying.

Ariane 44L is built by Aérospatiale of France (company profile on Space Index).PSLV is built by Indian Space Research Organization of India (company profile on Space Index).

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

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