Ariane 44P - Credit: © Mark Wade. 2,850 bytes. 78 x 609 pixels.

Ariane 4 with 4 solid rocket strap-ons.

Launches: 13. Failures: 0. Success Rate: 100.00% pct. First Launch Date: 04 April 1991. Last Launch Date: 06 September 2000. LEO Payload: 7,600 kg. to: 200 km Orbit. at: 5.2 degrees. Payload: 3,465 kg. to a: Geosynchronous transfer, 7 deg inclination trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 571,300 kgf. Total Mass: 358,000 kg. Core Diameter: 3.8 m. Total Length: 58.4 m. Launch Price $: 10.00 million. in 2000 price dollars.

• Stage Number: 0. 4 x Ariane 4P Gross Mass: 12,560 kg. Empty Mass: 3,060 kg. Thrust (vac): 70,360 kgf. Isp: 263 sec. Burn time: 29 sec. Isp(sl): 240 sec. Diameter: 1.1 m. Span: 1.1 m. Length: 12.2 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. P9.5

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Ariane 4-1 Gross Mass: 245,900 kg. Empty Mass: 17,900 kg. Thrust (vac): 309,400 kgf. Isp: 278 sec. Burn time: 205 sec. Isp(sl): 248 sec. Diameter: 3.8 m. Span: 8.3 m. Length: 23.6 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 4. Viking 2B

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x Ariane 2-2 Gross Mass: 37,130 kg. Empty Mass: 3,625 kg. Thrust (vac): 82,087 kgf. Isp: 296 sec. Burn time: 125 sec. Isp(sl): 210 sec. Diameter: 2.6 m. Span: 2.6 m. Length: 11.5 m. Propellants: N2O4/UDMH No Engines: 1. Viking 4B

• Stage Number: 3. 1 x Ariane 4-3 Gross Mass: 12,310 kg. Empty Mass: 1,570 kg. Thrust (vac): 6,394 kgf. Isp: 446 sec. Burn time: 759 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 2.7 m. Span: 2.7 m. Length: 11.9 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 1. HM7-B

• Anik E2 Spacecraft: AS 5000. Mass: 2,923 kg.

  Canadian communications; 107.3 deg W.

• Anik E1 Spacecraft: AS 5000. Mass: 2,977 kg.

  Stationed at 111.1 deg W.

• N-Star a Spacecraft: FS-1300. Mass: 3,100 kg.

  Stationed at 131.9 deg E.

• ISO Spacecraft: ISO. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Infrared Space Observatory; IR astrophysics.

• N-STAR b Spacecraft: FS-1300. Mass: 3,400 kg.

  Geostationary at 128.9E.

• Intelsat 709 Spacecraft: FS-1300.

  36 transponders Geostationary at 50.0W.

• Intelsat 801 Spacecraft: AS 7000.

  Geosynchronous. Stationed over 64.2E. The Intelsat 8 and 8A vehicles are the latest in the Intelsat satellite series. Spacecraft: 3-axis stabilised. Two large solar panels with 1-axis articulation. Payload: 38 C-Band and 6 Ku-Band transponders.22,000 telephone calls and 3 colour TV broadcasts simultaneously. Or up to 112,500 telephone circuits using digital circuit multiplication equipment (DCME). Two independently steerable Ku-band spot beams. Interconnected operation between C- and Ku-bands.
  Financial/Operational:
  Lockheed/General Electric contract October 16 1992 $ 165 million for 2 units- potential 5 units.

• Intelsat 802 Spacecraft: AS 7000.

  Geosynchronous. Stationed over 174.1E

• Panamsat 6 Spacecraft: FS-1300. Payload: PAS 6.

  Geosynchronous. Stationed over 43.2W

• Equator-S Spacecraft: Equator-S.

• JCSAT 5 Spacecraft: HS 601.

  Geosynchronous. Stationed over 139.4E

• BSAT 1B Spacecraft: HS 376.

  Geostationary at 109.9 degrees E.

• Nilesat 1 Spacecraft: Eurostar 2000. Payload: Nilesat 101.

  Egypt's first satellite. Geostationary at 7.0 degrees W.

• ST-1 Spacecraft: Eurostar 2000 . Payload: Singapore-Taiwan 1.

  Singapore-Taiwan-1 Matra Marconi Space Eurostar 2000 class satellite to provide communications for Singapore Telecom and Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan. Geostationary at 88.0 degrees E.

• Eutelsat W1 Spacecraft: Eurostar 2000.

  European Telecommunications Satellite Organization's Eutelsat W1 was launched into a geostationary transfer orbit, targetted for a final 10 deg E orbital position. The box-shaped 2.5 x 5.0 m satellite has two rectangular solar panel arrays spanning 31.7m and two dishes, a European beam and a steerable beam. The payload includes 28 Ku-band transponders. Stationed at 10 deg E.

• 42 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Second Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 1991.
• 61 - Wilson, Andrew, editor,, Jane's/Interavia Space Directory, Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992 et al.