Ariane 2
Ariane 2 was a lengthened, higher-performance three-stage evolution of Ariane 1 for heavier geostationary payloads. Six vehicles flew from 1986 through 1989, with five successful missions after the third-stage ignition failure on maiden flight V18.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Ariane-2
- Family Name
- Ariane
- Full Name
- Ariane 2
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- 2
Details
- Description
- Ariane 2 was a lengthened, higher-performance three-stage evolution of Ariane 1 for heavier geostationary payloads. Six vehicles flew from 1986 through 1989, with five successful missions after the third-stage ignition failure on maiden flight V18.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 3.8
- Height M
- 49
- First Flight Year
- 1,986
- Last Flight Year
- 1,989
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Ariane 2
- Notes
- Exact Ariane 2 three-stage propulsion stack using the documented Viking 5, Viking 4, and HM7 family identities; HM7B remains unmodeled because the reviewed primary source does not establish that exact variant for Ariane 2.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 219,000
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 2,270
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_2
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 10:20:12 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 11:37:13 UTC
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