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Retired

Ariane 42L

Ariane 42L

🏭 Aérospatiale🌐 French📖 Wikipedia
Ariane 42L

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.

7.0 t
LEO Capacity
55.6 m
Height
13
Total Launches
100.0%
Success Rate

📷 Photo Gallery

Ariane 42L photo 1

📊 Specifications

📏Height
55.6 m
⭕Diameter
3.8 m
⚖️Launch Mass
367 kg
🛰️LEO Capacity
7,000 kg
🌍GTO Capacity
3,590 kg
🗓️Maiden Flight
Mar 12, 1993
🚀Total Launches
13
✅Success Rate
100%
♻️Reusable
Expendable
🏭Manufacturer
Aérospatiale
🌐Country
French
📋Status
Retired