Ariane 4

Overview

A highly successful and flexible Ariane variant with multiple booster configurations that dominated the commercial launch market in the 1990s.

Components & hardware

Knowledge connections

• Member of familyAriane
• Operated byArianespace
• Derived fromAriane 3
• Replaced byAriane 5

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• ESAEuropean Space Agency

  European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.