- Family: Ariane
- Length: 55.6 m
- Diameter: 3.8 m
- Launch Mass: 245 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 4600 kg
The Ariane 40 was manufactured by Aérospatiale with the first launch on 1990-01-22. Ariane 40 has 7 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 7 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.
Manufacturer
Aérospatiale 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. Aérospatiale is a Government FRA entity that was founded in 1970 and is administered by .
Aérospatiale has 0 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 0 launches.