Head to head

Ariane 44L vs Vostok 8A92

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

Vostok 8A92: 4,730 kg

Side by side

8 comparable figures

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

Metric	Ariane 44L	Vostok 8A92
Flights flown	40	44
Success rate	97.5%	90.9%
Payload to LEO (kg)	10,200	4,730
Liftoff thrust (kN)	5,395	3,996
Length (m)	58.7	30.84
Diameter (m)	3.8	2.99
Launch mass (t)	484	281
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.

Vostok 8A92

Flight record

90.9% success rate40 of 44 flown · 4 failed

1962peak 1966 · 10 flights1967

Maiden flight 1962-06-01. Retired.

Ariane 44L is built by Aérospatiale of France (company profile on Space Index).Vostok 8A92 is built by RKK Energiya of Russia.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Ariane 44L · Vostok 8A92.

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