Head to head

Ariane 44LP vs Tsiklon-2

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 44LP: 8,000 kg

Tsiklon-2: 2,820 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 44LP	Tsiklon-2
Flights flown	26	105
Success rate	96.2%	98.1%
Payload to LEO (kg)	8,000	2,820
Liftoff thrust (kN)	5,270	2,366
Length (m)	58.4	39.7
Diameter (m)	3.8	3
Launch mass (t)	420	182
Stages	2	3

Ariane 44LP

Flight record

96.2% success rate25 of 26 flown · 1 failed

1988peak 1994 · 3 flights2001

Maiden flight 1988-06-15. Retired.

Tsiklon-2

Flight record

98.1% success rate103 of 105 flown · 2 failed

1969peak 1976 · 8 flights2006

Maiden flight 1969-08-06. Retired.

Ariane 44LP is built by Aérospatiale of France (company profile on Space Index).Tsiklon-2 is built by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Ariane 44LP · Tsiklon-2.

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