Head to head

Ariane 44L vs Titan IIIC

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

Titan IIIC: 13,100 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	Titan IIIC
Flights flown	40	36
Success rate	97.5%	94.4%
Payload to LEO (kg)	10,200	13,100
Payload to GTO (kg)	4,950	3,000
Liftoff thrust (kN)	5,395	10,586
Length (m)	58.7	42
Diameter (m)	3.8	3
Launch mass (t)	484	626
Stages	2	3

Ariane 44L

Flight record

97.5% success rate39 of 40 flown · 1 failed

1989peak 2002 · 6 flights2003

Maiden flight 1989-06-05. Retired.

Titan IIIC

Flight record

94.4% success rate34 of 36 flown · 2 failed

1965peak 1965 · 3 flights1982

Maiden flight 1965-06-18. Retired.

Ariane 44L is built by Aérospatiale of France (company profile on Space Index).Titan IIIC is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States.

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

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