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Background Information
- First Launch:
- January 1990
- Flight Rate:
- 9-12 Ariane 4s per year
- Launch Site:
- ELA-2 (Kourou, French Guiana)
- Capability:
- 10,120 lb to LEO; 5,952 lb to sun-synchronous; 4,180 lb to GTO
History
- First Ariane flight in December 1979
- First Ariane 4 flight in June 1988
- European Space Agency began Ariane development in 1973
Description
- Three-stage Ariane 4
- Stage 1 burns UH25/N2O4 in four Viking V engines, generating a total thrust of 674,430 lb
- Stage 2 burns UH25/N2O4 in a Viking IV engine, generating 179,848 lb of thrust
- Stage 3 burns LH2/LO2 in a HM-7B engine, generating 14,163 lb of thrust
Profile
- Length:
- 190 ft (28 ft fairing)
- Launch Weight:
- 533,519 lb
- Diameter:
- 12.5 ft (stage 1)
- Liftoff Thrust:
- 674,430 lb
- Payload Fairing:
- 28-41 ft x 13 ft
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