The most commercially successful launch vehicle of its era, flying 116 missions with a 97 percent success rate and dominating the global commercial satellite-launch market through the 1990s. Its modular design offered up to six configurations with different combinations of liquid and solid strap-on boosters.
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Vehicle ClassMedium-lift expendable launch vehicle 2 ManufacturerAerospatiale, under ESA/Arianespace contract 2 First Flight Date StatusRetired in 2003 after its final flight, succeeded by Ariane 5. 2 Classification
Vehicle ClassExpendable Launch Vehicle 1 Status
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2. European Space Agency: History
European Space Agencyhttps://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/History_of_the_Ariane_workhorse
Ariane 4 was the last version of the generation of launchers that all used the same technology.
- Operated By: Arianespace
Ariane 4 (Wikipedia)
Ariane 4, Wikipedia - lead section, vehicle kind (expendable)
The Ariane 4 was a European expendable launch vehicle, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA).
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The Ariane 4 was a European expendable launch vehicle, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA).
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