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Final Mission for the Ariane-4 Successful

Posted by timothy on from the end-on-a-good-note dept.

Neophytus writes "The BBC reports that the final mission of the Ariane-4 series of commercial rockets has been completed. First launched in 1988 they have since successfully completed 116 missions, the final lifting the Intelsat 907 communications satellite into geostationary orbit. About 5 launches of the Ariane-5 are planned this year, the first in March."

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  1. Onwards and upwards by pstemari · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Figures on the website indicate that the Ariane-5 will roughly double the payload to geosynch orbit. A rather nice feat for a program with a good history of success. Reliability should improve with more launches.

    Am I the only one who think it looks like a Titan-III knockoff, though?