Ariane 1
Ariane 1 was the first operational European orbital launcher and established independent European access to space. Eleven vehicles flew from L01 in December 1979 through V16 in February 1986; nine completed their planned launches, including Giotto and the first SPOT mission.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Ariane-1
- Family Name
- Ariane
- Full Name
- Ariane 1
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- 1
Details
- Description
- Ariane 1 was the first operational European orbital launcher and established independent European access to space. Eleven vehicles flew from L01 in December 1979 through V16 in February 1986; nine completed their planned launches, including Giotto and the first SPOT mission.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.8
- Height M
- 47.4
- First Flight Year
- 1,979
- Last Flight Year
- 1,986
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Ariane 1 standard propulsion
- Notes
- Ariane 1's three-stage core uses four Viking 5 first-stage engines, one Viking 4 second-stage engine, and an HM-7 family third-stage engine; no strap-ons are inferred.
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Ariane 1 exact HM-7 configuration
- Notes
- ESA identifies Ariane 1 as four Viking 5 first-stage engines, one Viking 4 second-stage engine, and one HM-7 cryogenic third-stage engine; the prior HM7-family relationship is preserved.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 210,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 1,830
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_1
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 10:20:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 22:56:43 UTC
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