Ariane 4 44L
Ariane 4 44L was the heaviest standard configuration, using four PAL liquid-propellant strap-on boosters around the three-stage core. Forty vehicles flew between 1989 and the final Ariane 4 mission in 2003, with a published payload capacity of about 4,300 kg to geostationary transfer orbit; V36 was the configuration's sole failure.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Ariane 44LAriane-44L
- Family Name
- Ariane 4
- Full Name
- Ariane 4 44L
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- 44L
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- Description
- Ariane 4 44L was the heaviest standard configuration, using four PAL liquid-propellant strap-on boosters around the three-stage core. Forty vehicles flew between 1989 and the final Ariane 4 mission in 2003, with a published payload capacity of about 4,300 kg to geostationary transfer orbit; V36 was the configuration's sole failure.
- First Flight Year
- 1,989
- Last Flight Year
- 2,003
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Ariane 4 44L standard propulsion
- Notes
- Ariane 4 44L uses four liquid-propellant strap-on boosters around the Ariane 4 three-stage core.
- Rocket Specs
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 4,300
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 3
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 17:41:15 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 09:10:18 UTC
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