Ariane 4 Solid Strap-on Booster
Integrated solid-propellant strap-on booster system used by the Ariane 4 P configurations.
Identity
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- integrated-system
- Kind
- integrated-propulsion-system
- Name
- Ariane 4 Solid Strap-on Booster
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- Integrated solid-propellant strap-on booster system used by the Ariane 4 P configurations.
- Propellants
- solid propellant
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 08:44:35 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 08:44:35 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- ESA identifies Ariane 4 solid-propellant strap-ons as two or four boosters, each with 650 kN thrust and a 33-second burn; Ar-42P uses two.
- Publisher
- European Space Agency
- Title
- Achievements: Ariane 4 principal characteristics
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-01
- Note
- ArianeGroup distinguishes the P solid-booster configurations from the L liquid-booster configurations.
- Publisher
- ArianeGroup
- Title
- Ariane 4, a real success story for technology and industry