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.
Identity
- Aliases
- Ariane-1
- Family Name
- Ariane
- Full Name
- Ariane 1
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- 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.
- Diameter M
- 3.8
- First Flight Year
- 1,979
- Height M
- 47.4
- Last Flight Year
- 1,986
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 210,000
- Operator Id
- jd7am12wxsxa80t9ra90yhvbfh7kpqnn
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7r28c9b71macyarvc7dy11ks8aehek
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 1,830
- Stages Count
- 3
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_1
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 10:20:07 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 5:30:58 PM