Arianespace Ariane 44P ISO
Ariane 44P
Status
Success
Date
17 NOV 1995
01:20
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Ariane 44P
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit
Stages
3
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
56.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
357 T
Thrust
5,140 kN
