Ariane 2 – Aérospatiale
- Family: Ariane
- Length: 49.13 m
- Diameter: 3.8 m
- Launch Mass: 215 T
The Ariane 2, manufactured by Aérospatiale established in 1970, undertook its inaugural launch on 05/31/1986. Notably, Ariane 2 has 5 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 6 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
Ariane 2 was an expendable space launch vehicle, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) between 1986 and 1989 as part of Ariane family of rockets. The principal manufacturer for the Ariane 2 was Aérospatiale, while the lead agency for its development was the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French government’s space agency.