Ariane 44P
Ariane family
· built by Aérospatiale
· maiden flight 1991-04-04
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
56.9 mLength
3.8 mDiameter
357 tLaunch mass
3Stages
5140 kNLiftoff thrust
Payload Capacity
6500 kgTo LEO
3390 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.
15Total launches
15Successful
0Failed
0Upcoming
Launches Tracked on This Site
15In our archive
100.0%Success rate
Apr 04, 1991 23:33 UTCEarliest tracked
Sep 25, 2001 23:21 UTCMost recent
| Mission | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ariane 44P | Atlantic Bird 2 | Sep 25, 2001 23:21 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | Turksat 2A | Jan 10, 2001 22:09 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | Eutelsat W1 | Sep 06, 2000 22:33 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | ST-1 | Aug 25, 1998 23:07 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | Nilesat 101 & BSat 1b | Apr 28, 1998 22:53 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | JCSAT 1B & Equator-S | Dec 02, 1997 22:52 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | PAS 6 | Aug 08, 1997 06:46 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | INTELSAT 802 | Jun 25, 1997 23:44 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | INTELSAT 801 | Mar 01, 1997 01:07 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | INTELSAT 709 | Jun 15, 1996 06:55 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | N-Star b | Feb 05, 1996 07:19 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | ISO | Nov 17, 1995 01:20 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | N-STAR a | Aug 29, 1995 06:41 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | Anik E1 | Sep 26, 1991 23:43 UTC | Success |
| Ariane 44P | Anik E2 | Apr 04, 1991 23:33 UTC | Success |