Ariane 44L
Ariane family
· built by Aérospatiale
· maiden flight 1989-06-05
Profile data last updated: 2026-08-29T15:37:07.354998+00:00 | 7531-10-17
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.
Specifications
58.7 mLength
3.8 mDiameter
484 tLaunch mass
2Stages
5395 kNLiftoff thrust
Payload Capacity
10200 kgTo LEO
4950 kgTo GTO
Lifetime Launch Record
As reported by Launch Library 2 across this rocket's entire history, not just the launches tracked on this site.
40Total launches
39Successful
1Failed
0Upcoming
Launches Tracked on This Site
40In our archive
97.5%Success rate
Jun 05, 1989 22:37 UTCEarliest tracked
Feb 15, 2003 07:00 UTCMost recent
| Mission | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 907 | Feb 15, 2003 07:00 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | NSS 6 | Dec 17, 2002 23:04 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 906 | Sep 06, 2002 06:44 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 905 | Jun 05, 2002 06:44 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | NSS 7 | Apr 16, 2002 23:02 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | JCSAT 2A | Mar 29, 2002 01:29 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 904 | Feb 23, 2002 06:59 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 902 | Aug 30, 2001 06:46 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 901 | Jun 09, 2001 06:45 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | SICRAL 1 | Feb 07, 2001 23:05 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | Anik F1 | Nov 21, 2000 23:56 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | Galaxy 11 | Dec 22, 1999 00:50 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | Arabsat 3A & Skynet 4E | Feb 26, 1999 22:44 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | Afristar & GE 5 | Oct 28, 1998 22:15 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44L | Eutelsat W2 & Sirius 3 | Oct 05, 1998 22:51 UTC | Success |