Ariane 4 40
Ariane 4 40 was the boosterless, lightest Ariane 4 configuration. Seven vehicles flew between 1990 and 1999, using the three-stage core to carry payloads of up to about 2,000 kg to geostationary transfer orbit; all seven launches succeeded.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Ariane 40Ariane-40
- Family Name
- Ariane 4
- Full Name
- Ariane 4 40
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- 40
Details
- Description
- Ariane 4 40 was the boosterless, lightest Ariane 4 configuration. Seven vehicles flew between 1990 and 1999, using the three-stage core to carry payloads of up to about 2,000 kg to geostationary transfer orbit; all seven launches succeeded.
- First Flight Year
- 1,990
- Last Flight Year
- 1,999
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Ariane 4 40 standard propulsion
- Notes
- Ariane 4 40 is the no-strap-on variant with four Viking 5 first-stage engines, one Viking 4 second-stage engine, and one HM7B third-stage engine.
- Rocket Specs
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 2,000
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 17:41:02 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 08:31:37 UTC
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