Ariane 44L

France1989 to 2003

The most powerful Ariane 4, with four liquid strap-on boosters, flown from 1989 to 2003 for the heaviest communications satellites, often two at a time. It makes the last Ariane 4 flight in February 2003.

Launches: 40
Success rate: 98%; 1 failure
First flight: 5 June 1989; Superbird A & DFS-Kopernikus 1
Last flight: 15 February 2003; INTELSAT 907

Builder: Aérospatiale
Height: 58.7 m
Diameter: 3.8 m
Stages: 3
Boosters: 4 × PAL
Propellants: UH 25 / N2O4, LH2 / LOX
Payload to LEO: 10,200 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,950 kg

Launches per year

Ariane 44L

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Year	Launches	Ariane 44L
1979	1	0
1980	1	0
1981	2	0
1982	1	0
1983	2	0
1984	4	0
1985	4	0
1986	3	0
1987	2	0
1988	7	0
1989	7	2
1990	6	3
1991	8	4
1992	7	3
1993	7	2
1994	8	2
1995	11	1
1996	11	5
1997	12	3
1998	11	2
1999	10	2
2000	12	1
2001	8	3
2002	12	6
2003	4	1
2004	3	0
2005	5	0
2006	5	0
2007	6	0
2008	6	0
2009	7	0
2010	6	0
2011	5	0
2012	7	0
2013	4	0
2014	6	0
2015	6	0
2016	7	0
2017	6	0
2018	6	0
2019	4	0
2020	3	0
2021	3	0
2022	3	0
2023	2	0
2024	1	0
2025	4	0
2026	4	0

Ariane rockets

Rocket	Flown	Launches	Success rate	Height	Payload to LEO
Ariane 1	1979 to 1986	11	82%	50 m	1,400 kg
Ariane 3	1984 to 1989	11	91%	49.1 m	6,750 kg
Ariane 2	1986 to 1989	6	83%	49.1 m	5,438 kg
Ariane 44LP	1988 to 2001	26	96%	58.4 m	8,000 kg
Ariane 44L	1989 to 2003	40	98%	58.7 m	10,200 kg
Ariane 40	1990 to 1999	7	100%	55.6 m	4,600 kg
Ariane 42P	1990 to 2002	15	93%	55.9 m	6,000 kg
Ariane 44P	1991 to 2001	15	100%	56.9 m	6,500 kg
Ariane 42L	1993 to 2002	13	100%	55.6 m	7,000 kg
Ariane 5 G	1996 to 2003	16	81%	45.7 m	12,200 kg
Ariane 5 ECA	2002 to 2020	73	97%	57.7 m	10,000 kg
Ariane 5 G+	2004	3	100%	45.7 m	10,000 kg
Ariane 5 GS	2005 to 2009	6	100%	45.7 m	16,500 kg
Ariane 5 ES	2008 to 2018	8	100%	45.7 m	21,000 kg
Ariane 5 ECA+	2019 to 2023	11	100%	57.7 m	10,000 kg
Ariane 62	2024 to 2026	6	100%	63 m	10,900 kg
Ariane 64	2026	2	100%	63 m	21,650 kg
Ariane 64 Block 2	2026	1	100%	63 m	21,900 kg