Rocket file · LV-227
Ariane 44P
Ariane 44P is an expendable launch vehicle built by Aérospatiale. It stands 56.9 m tall, lifts 6,500 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 4 April 1991. It has flown 15 times with 15 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.
Flight record
Reliability
About Ariane 44P
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.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
Ariane 44P is retired, and no flight is filed.
All upcoming launchesAriane 44P in the archive
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Common questions
- How many times has Ariane 44P flown?
- 15 times, with 15 successes and 0 failures.
- What is Ariane 44P's success rate?
- 100.0%. That's 15 successful flights out of 15 attempts.
- How much can Ariane 44P lift to orbit?
- Launch Library 2 lists Ariane 44P at 6,500 kg to low Earth orbit and 3,390 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
- Is Ariane 44P reusable?
- No. Launch Library 2 lists Ariane 44P as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.
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