How many times has Ariane 44L flown?

Ariane 44L has flown 40 orbital missions, with 39 successes and 1 failures.

What is Ariane 44L's success rate?

Ariane 44L has a success rate of 97.5%, from 39 successful flights out of 40 attempts.

When is the next Ariane 44L launch?

Ariane 44L has no flight on the public manifest at the moment. Scheduled missions appear here as soon as a launch date is filed.

How much can Ariane 44L lift to orbit?

Ariane 44L is rated for 10,200 kg to low Earth orbit and 4,950 kg to geostationary transfer orbit. These are the operator's published maximums and assume an expendable or fully optimised configuration.

Is Ariane 44L reusable?

No. Ariane 44L is expendable: every stage is discarded during flight and nothing is recovered for reflight.

Vehicle file · LV-225

Ariane 44L

Aérospatiale · Ariane · RETIRED

Ariane 44L is an expendable orbital launch vehicle built by Aérospatiale. It stands 58.7 m tall, lifts 10,200 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 5 June 1989. It has flown 40 times with 39 successes, a success rate of 97.5%. It has no flight on the public manifest at the moment.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

OPS-12/SPEC

PUBLISHED

Height58.7 m

Diameter3.8 m

Payload to LEO10,200 kg

Payload to GTO4,950 kg

Maiden flight5 June 1989

ReusableNo — expendable

Launch costNOT PUBLISHED

StatusRetired

Flight record

Reliability

OPS-12/STAT

ON RECORD

Total flights40

Successful39

Failed1

Success rate97.5%

Landing attempts0

Landing successN/A

Scheduled0

Variant44L

About Ariane 44L

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

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No Ariane 44L flight is filed in the current manifest window. Missions appear here the moment a launch date is published.

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Common questions

How many times has Ariane 44L flown?: Ariane 44L has flown 40 orbital missions, with 39 successes and 1 failures.
What is Ariane 44L's success rate?: Ariane 44L has a success rate of 97.5%, from 39 successful flights out of 40 attempts.
When is the next Ariane 44L launch?: Ariane 44L has no flight on the public manifest at the moment. Scheduled missions appear here as soon as a launch date is filed.
How much can Ariane 44L lift to orbit?: Ariane 44L is rated for 10,200 kg to low Earth orbit and 4,950 kg to geostationary transfer orbit. These are the operator's published maximums and assume an expendable or fully optimised configuration.
Is Ariane 44L reusable?: No. Ariane 44L is expendable: every stage is discarded during flight and nothing is recovered for reflight.