Ariane 44L
In-activeAérospatiale ()
June 5, 1989
Description
The Ariane 4 was an expendable space launch system, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
58.7 m -
Diameter
3.8 m -
Fairing Diameter
3.8 m -
Launch Mass
484.0 T -
Thrust
5395.0 kN
Family
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Name
Ariane 44L -
Family
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Variant
44L -
Alias
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Full Name
Ariane 44L
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
10200.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
4950.0 kg -
Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Aérospatiale
Government
None
1970Aérospatiale was a French state-owned aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale (SNIAS). Its head office was in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The name was changed to Aérospatiale during 1970.
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 907
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 15, 2003, 7 a.m.
Ariane 44L | NSS 6
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 17, 2002, 11:04 p.m.
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 906
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 6, 2002, 6:44 a.m.
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 905
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 5, 2002, 6:44 a.m.
Ariane 44L | NSS 7
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 16, 2002, 11:02 p.m.
Ariane 44L | JCSAT 2A
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
March 29, 2002, 1:29 a.m.
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 904
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 23, 2002, 6:59 a.m.
Ariane 44L | INTELSAT 902
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 30, 2001, 6:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Intelsat 902 (IS-902) was the second of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in August 2001 at 62°E. It will provide telecommunications and television broadcast to Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, the Far East and Australia through its 44 C band and 12 Ku band transponders.
Geostationary Transfer OrbitAriane 44L | INTELSAT 901
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 9, 2001, 6:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Intelsat 901 (IS-901) was the first of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 342°E, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for SNG, tailored for increased communications demands such as DTH and Internet.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 44L | SICRAL 1
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 7, 2001, 11:05 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Anik F1
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 21, 2000, 11:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Anik F1 is a Canadian communications satellite, which was ordered in March 1998. It is based on Boeing's BSS-702 model. The satellite carries 84 active transponders: 36 in C-band and 48 in Ku-band. The spacecraft provides general telecommunications services for North and South America. The satellite was designed for an end-of-life power of 16 kW. Anik F1 was launched in late 2000 on an Ariane-44L H10-3 rocket.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 44L | Galaxy 11
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 22, 1999, 12:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Galaxy 11 was the first BSS-702 satellite. It was ordered in May 1997 and was successfully launched in December 1999 on an Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. Galaxy XI has a payload of 64 active transponders; 24 operate in C-band and 40 operate in Ku-band. The spacecraft was designed for an end-of-life power of more than 10 kW. The satellite provides service to North America and Brazil.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 44L | Arabsat 3A & Skynet 4E
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 26, 1999, 10:44 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Afristar & GE 5
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 28, 1998, 10:15 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Eutelsat W2 & Sirius 3
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 5, 1998, 10:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (Eutelsat W2, W3 and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). W2, W3 and W5 are designed to offer 24 transponders at saturation and W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft are based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform. Sirius 3 provides direct-to-home television services to the Scandinavian region. Hughes upgraded NSAB's satellite control center at Esrange, Kiruna, and provided training to the satellite controllers. Sirius 3 was successfully launched on an Ariane-44L H10-3 on October 5, 1998. The satellite was built at the Integrated Satellite Factory of in El Segundo, Calif.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 44L | Sirius 2 & Indostar 1
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 12, 1997, 9:48 p.m.
Ariane 44L | INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 3, 1997, 11:20 p.m.
Ariane 44L | GE 2 & Nahuel 1A
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 30, 1997, 10:04 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Arabsat 2B & MEASAT 2
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 13, 1996, 10:40 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Italsat F2 & Télécom 2D
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 8, 1996, 10:49 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Arabsat IIA & Türksat 1C
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 9, 1996, 10:24 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Palapa C2 & AMOS 1
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
May 16, 1996, 1:56 a.m.
Ariane 44L | PAS 3R & MEASAT 1
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 12, 1996, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
In November 1991, PanAmSat Corporation ordered three Hughes HS-601 model PAS (PanAmSat) satellites from Hughes Space and Communications Company. The satellites provide video services for program distribution and syndication; data services for business applications; and services for video, radio, data and telephone transmission. They were placed over the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, respectively. In August 1993, PanAmSat ordered a fourth satellite, to be used as a spare. The spare was pressed into service to replace the first PAS-3 spacecraft, which was lost during a launch vehicle failure. The MEASAT system will provide the first direct-to-user (DTU) service in Malaysia, as well as general communications services in an area reaching from India to Hawaii and from Japan to East Australia. Among DTU services are television and educational programs beamed to small (50-cm) home antennas. General regional communications services include telephony, television, data transmission, and business networks. Binariang is the first cellular operator in Malaysia to offer fully digital services.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 44L | Telecom 2C & Insat 2C
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 6, 1995, 11:23 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Solidaridad 2 & Thaicom 2
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 8, 1994, 1:07 a.m.
Ariane 44L | PAS 2 & BS 3n
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 8, 1994, 11:05 p.m.
Ariane 44L | DirecTV 1 & Thaicom 1
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 18, 1993, 1:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
DirecTV 1 is a high-powered satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) which began bringing true direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service to homes throughout North America in 1994. Thaicom 1 is a Thai communications satellite.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 44L | Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 22, 1993, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Hispasat 1A and B were the first two satellites in the national system operated by the Spanish satellite communications operator Hispasat, for a dual civil/military mission, offering services to telecommunications operators and radio broadcasting both in Europe and North Africa and America. Hispasat 1A was launched in September 1992, and Hispasat 1B in July 1993. From its orbital position of 30 degrees West above the Atlantic and close to the Brazilian coast, this was the first European satellite system to provide transatlantic capacity, simultaneously covering all the Latin American countries and the United States, areas that have a great deal in common both culturally and linguistically.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 44L | Insat 2A & Eutelsat-2 F4
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 9, 1992, 10:42 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Télécom 2B & Inmarsat-2 F4
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 15, 1992, 11:25 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Superbird B1 & Arabsat 1C
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 26, 1992, 11:58 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Telecom 2A
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 16, 1991, 11:19 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Intelsat 601
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 29, 1991, 11:08 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Intelsat 605
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 14, 1991, 11:15 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Italsat 1
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 15, 1991, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Italy's first operational communications satellite was launched 15 January 1991 by an Ariane-44L H10 booster. Developed by a contractor team led by Alenia Spazio, Italsat carries ten active transponders plus five spares for 30/20 GHz and 50/40 GHz links with a capacity of 12,000 telephone circuits.
Geostationary OrbitAriane 44L | SBS 6 & Galaxy 6
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 12, 1990, 10:58 p.m.
Ariane 44L | TDF 2 & DFS-Kopernikus 2
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
July 24, 1990, 10:25 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Superbird B & BS 2x
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Feb. 22, 1990, 11:17 p.m.
Ariane 44L | Intelsat 602
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 27, 1989, 11:05 p.m.
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