Ariane family

Ariane 44L

The Ariane 4 was an expendable space launch system, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.

Flights flown40

Success rate97.5%39/40

Payload to LEO10,200kg

Maiden flight1989-06-05

Peak year20026 flights

Ariane 44L is built by Aérospatiale of France. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 5 June 1989 and last flew on 15 February 2003.

Flight record

40 records

97.5% success rate39 of 40 flown · 1 failed

1989peak 2002 · 6 flights2003

First flight1989-06-05

Latest flight2003-02-15

Failures1

Consecutive successes37

Fastest turnaround18d 21h

Payload

Per mission profile

Low Earth orbit	10,200kg
Geostationary transfer orbit	4,950kg

Vehicle

44L spec

Stages	2
Length	58.7m
Diameter	3.8m
Launch mass	484t
Liftoff thrust	5,395kN
Maiden flight	1989-06-05
Reusable	No

Pads used

1 pad

Ariane Launch Area 240

Orbits delivered

4 orbits

Geostationary Orbit33Geostationary Transfer Orbit4Geosynchronous Orbit2Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit1

Compare

Same payload class

vs Falcon 9 vs Soyuz U vs Space Shuttle vs Tsiklon-3 vs Long March 2D vs Vostok 8A92M

Launch history

40 launches

Date	Mission	Pad	Orbit	Outcome
2003-02-15	Ariane 44L \| INTELSAT 907	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Transfer Orbit	Success
2002-12-17	Ariane 44L \| NSS 6	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
2002-09-06	Ariane 44L \| INTELSAT 906	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Transfer Orbit	Success
2002-06-05	Ariane 44L \| INTELSAT 905	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Transfer Orbit	Success
2002-04-16	Ariane 44L \| NSS 7	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit	Success
2002-03-29	Ariane 44L \| JCSAT 2A	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geosynchronous Orbit	Success
2002-02-23	Ariane 44L \| INTELSAT 904	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
2001-08-30	Ariane 44L \| INTELSAT 902	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Transfer Orbit	Success
2001-06-09	Ariane 44L \| INTELSAT 901	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
2001-02-07	Ariane 44L \| SICRAL 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geosynchronous Orbit	Success
2000-11-21	Ariane 44L \| Anik F1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1999-12-22	Ariane 44L \| Galaxy 11	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1999-02-26	Ariane 44L \| Arabsat 3A & Skynet 4E	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1998-10-28	Ariane 44L \| Afristar & GE 5	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1998-10-05	Ariane 44L \| Eutelsat W2 & Sirius 3	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1997-11-12	Ariane 44L \| Sirius 2 & Indostar 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1997-06-03	Ariane 44L \| INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1997-01-30	Ariane 44L \| GE 2 & Nahuel 1A	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1996-11-13	Ariane 44L \| Arabsat 2B & MEASAT 2	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1996-08-08	Ariane 44L \| Italsat F2 & Télécom 2D	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1996-07-09	Ariane 44L \| Arabsat IIA & Türksat 1C	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1996-05-16	Ariane 44L \| Palapa C2 & AMOS 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1996-01-12	Ariane 44L \| PAS 3R & MEASAT 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1995-12-06	Ariane 44L \| Telecom 2C & Insat 2C	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1994-10-08	Ariane 44L \| Solidaridad 2 & Thaicom 2	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1994-07-08	Ariane 44L \| PAS 2 & BS 3n	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1993-12-18	Ariane 44L \| DirecTV 1 & Thaicom 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1993-07-22	Ariane 44L \| Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1992-07-09	Ariane 44L \| Insat 2A & Eutelsat-2 F4	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1992-04-15	Ariane 44L \| Télécom 2B & Inmarsat-2 F4	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1992-02-26	Ariane 44L \| Superbird B1 & Arabsat 1C	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1991-12-16	Ariane 44L \| Telecom 2A	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1991-10-29	Ariane 44L \| Intelsat 601	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1991-08-14	Ariane 44L \| Intelsat 605	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1991-01-15	Ariane 44L \| Italsat 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1990-10-12	Ariane 44L \| SBS 6 & Galaxy 6	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1990-07-24	Ariane 44L \| TDF 2 & DFS-Kopernikus 2	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1990-02-22	Ariane 44L \| Superbird B & BS 2x	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Failure
1989-10-27	Ariane 44L \| Intelsat 602	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1989-06-05	Ariane 44L \| Superbird A & DFS-Kopernikus 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success

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