ISO
Ariane 44P
Arianespace
Mission
ISO
Type: Astrophysics
SO (Infrared Space Observatory) was a infrared space telescope designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS and NASA. ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometers to provide detailed infrared properties of selected Galactic and extragalactic sources.
Trajectory
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Location
Ariane Launch Area 2
Kourou, French Guiana
318 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
Rocket
Ariane 44P – Aérospatiale
- Family: Ariane
- Length: 56.9 m
- Diameter: 3.8 m
- Launch Mass: 357 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 6500 kg
The Ariane 44P was manufactured by Aérospatiale with the first launch on 1991-04-04. Ariane 44P has 15 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 15 launches. 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.
Agency
Arianespace – ASA
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: ASA
- Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël
- Founded: 1980
- Launchers: Ariane | Vega
- Country: FRA
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world’s first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
