Ariane family

Ariane 44LP

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 flown26

Success rate96.2%25/26

Payload to LEO8,000kg

Maiden flight1988-06-15

Peak year19943 flights

Ariane 44LP is built by Aérospatiale of France. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 15 June 1988 and last flew on 27 November 2001.

Flight record

26 records

96.2% success rate25 of 26 flown · 1 failed

1988peak 1994 · 3 flights2001

First flight1988-06-15

Latest flight2001-11-27

Failures1

Consecutive successes16

Fastest turnaround23d 23h

Payload

Per mission profile

Low Earth orbit	8,000kg
Geostationary transfer orbit	4,170kg

Vehicle

44LP spec

Stages	2
Length	58.4m
Diameter	3.8m
Launch mass	420t
Liftoff thrust	5,270kN
Maiden flight	1988-06-15
Reusable	No

Pads used

1 pad

Ariane Launch Area 226

Orbits delivered

1 orbit

Geostationary Orbit26

Compare

Same payload class

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

Launch history

26 launches

Date	Mission	Pad	Orbit	Outcome
2001-11-27	Ariane 44LP \| DirecTV-4S	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
2000-10-29	Ariane 44LP \| Europe*Star 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
2000-08-17	Ariane 44LP \| Brasilsat B4 & Nilesat 102	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
2000-02-18	Ariane 44LP \| Superbird B2	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1999-11-13	Ariane 44LP \| GE 4	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1999-10-19	Ariane 44LP \| Orion 2	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1999-09-25	Ariane 44LP \| Telstar 7	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1998-09-16	Ariane 44LP \| PAS 7	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1998-02-04	Ariane 44LP \| Inmarsat-3 F5 & Brasilsat B3	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1997-09-02	Ariane 44LP \| Hot Bird 3 & Meteosat 7	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1997-04-16	Ariane 44LP \| Thaicom 3 & BSat 1a	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1996-03-14	Ariane 44LP \| INTELSAT 707	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1995-05-17	Ariane 44LP \| INTELSAT 706	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1995-03-28	Ariane 44LP \| Brasilsat B2 & Hotbird 1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1994-08-10	Ariane 44LP \| Brasilsat B1 & Türksat 1B	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1994-06-17	Ariane 44LP \| INTELSAT 702	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1994-01-24	Ariane 44LP \| Eutelsat 2 F5 & Türksat 1A	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Failure
1993-11-20	Ariane 44LP \| Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1993-10-22	Ariane 44LP \| INTELSAT 701	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1992-09-10	Ariane 44LP \| Hispasat 1A & Satcom C3	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1991-03-02	Ariane 44LP \| Astra 1B & Meteosat 5	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1990-08-30	Ariane 44LP \| Skynet 4C & Eutelsat-2 F1	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1989-08-08	Ariane 44LP \| TV-Sat 2	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1989-03-06	Ariane 44LP \| JCSAT 1 & Meteosat 4	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1988-12-11	Ariane 44LP \| Skynet 4B & Astra 1A	Ariane Launch Area 2	Geostationary Orbit	Success
1988-06-15	Ariane 44LP \| Meteosat 3	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.