V159 Final Ariane 4 Launch 15 2 03 Youtube "good luck for the last flight*."after almost 15 years and 116 launches, including a consecutive success streak of 74, arianespace has bid farewell to the mo. Liftoff of the ariane 44l rocket from the guiana space center's ela 2 launch zone occurred at 0700 gmt (2:00 a.m. est) saturday morning. during 15 years of flights, the ariane 4 achieved a 97.
Space In Images 2004 04 View Of The Last Ariane 4 Launch The early morning launch on 15 february 2003 marked the final flight of an ariane 4, and the 116th mission of this launcher version. on this, its last flight, it succesfully put into orbit a telecommunications satellite for intelsat. ariane 4 entered service in 1988 and successfully orbited 158 primary payloads (plus 24 auxiliary passengers. 3:28 on it final flight the launcher will carry yet another commercial satellite, an intelsat communication satellite. over a decade ariane 4 has been responsible for over 50% of all commercial satellite launches. 4:00 the ariane 4 was replaced by the much more powerful ariane 5. the maximum of 6 tons will soon grow to a need to launch. 15 02 2003 1282 views 3 likes 202793 id. like. view of the last ariane 4 launch. ariane 4 made its first flight in june 1988 and its final launch on 15 february 2003. The ariane 4 was a european expendable launch vehicle, 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.
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