Ariane 3

Ariane 3
Function	Medium launch vehicle
Manufacturer	Aérospatiale for; ESA and Arianespace
Size
Height	49.13 m (161.2 ft)
Diameter	3.8 m (12 ft)
Mass	234,000 kg (516,000 lb)
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to GTO
Mass	2,700 kg (6,000 lb)
Associated rockets
Family	Ariane
Launch history
Status	Active
Launch sites	Guiana Space Centre ELA-1
Total launches	11
Success(es)	10
Failure(s)	1
First flight	4 August 1984
Last flight	12 June 1989
Boosters – SEP P7.35
No. boosters	2
Height	8.32 m (27.3 ft)
Diameter	1.07 m (3 ft 6 in)
Gross mass	19.32 tonnes (21.30 tons)
Powered by	P7
Maximum thrust	1,260 kN (280,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	2314 N·s/kg
Burn time	27s
Propellant	CTPB
First stage – L-140
Height	19.09 m (62.6 ft)
Diameter	3.80 m (12.5 ft)
Gross mass	165.89 tonnes (182.86 tons)
Powered by	Viking 2B
Maximum thrust	2,580 kN (580,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	2376 N·s/kg
Burn time	138s
Propellant	UH 25 / N2O4
Second stage – L-33
Height	11.47 m (37.6 ft)
Diameter	2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Gross mass	39.41 tonnes (43.44 tons)
Powered by	Viking 4B
Maximum thrust	784.8 kN (176,400 lbf) (vacuum)
Specific impulse	2851 N·s/kg
Burn time	128.9s
Propellant	UH 25 / N2O4
Third stage – H-10
Height	9.89 m (32.4 ft)
Diameter	2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Gross mass	12.74 tonnes (14.04 tons)
Powered by	HM7B
Maximum thrust	64.2 kN (14,400 lbf)
Specific impulse	4336 N·s/kg
Burn time	729s
Propellant	LOX / LH2
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Ariane 3 was a European expendable carrier rocket, which was used for eleven launches between 1984 and 1989. It was a member of the Ariane family of rockets, derived from the Ariane 2, although it flew before this. It was designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, and produced by Aérospatiale in France.^[1]^: 214

The Ariane 3 followed the same basic design as the earlier Ariane 1, but incorporated modifications made for the Ariane 2. Unlike the Ariane 2, two solid-fuelled PAP strap-on booster rockets were used to augment the first stage at liftoff.^[3]^[1]^{: 216–217}

The core of the Ariane 3 was essentially an Ariane 2. The first stage was powered by four Viking 2B bipropellant engines, burning UH 25 (25% straight hydrazine, 75% UDMH) in a dinitrogen tetroxide oxidiser. The second stage was powered by a Viking 4B, which used the same fuel-oxidiser combination. The third stage used a cryogenically fuelled HM7B engine, burning liquid hydrogen in liquid oxygen. On some flights, a Mage 2 kick motor was flown as a fourth stage.^{[citation needed]}

Launch history

The Ariane 3 made its maiden flight on 4 August 1984, almost two years before Ariane 2 from which it had been derived, placing the ECS-2 and Télécom 1A satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Eleven were launched with ten successes and one failure. The failure occurred on the fifth flight, launched on 12 September 1985, when the third stage failed to ignite resulting in the rocket failing to achieve orbit. The ECS-3 and Spacenet-3 satellites were lost in the failure.^[4]^[5]

The Ariane 3 was quickly replaced by the more capable Ariane 4, resulting in a comparatively small number of launches. It made its final flight on 12 July 1989, carrying the Olympus F1 satellite.^[2]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Harvey, Brian (2003). Europe's Space Programme: To Ariane and Beyond. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 1852337222.
^ ^a ^b Krebs, Gunter. "Ariane-3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Ariane, Design(1)". b14643.de. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Ariane 1-3". Ariane Heritage. Arianespace. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^ Wade, Mark. "Ariane". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 2009-04-27. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 April 2009 suggested (help)

External links

[ESP-1] Harvey, Brian (2003). Europe's Space Programme: To Ariane and Beyond. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 1852337222.

[Gunter-2] Krebs, Gunter. "Ariane-3". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[b14643-3] "Ariane, Design(1)". b14643.de. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[Ariane_1-3-4] "Ariane 1-3". Ariane Heritage. Arianespace. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

[5] Wade, Mark. "Ariane". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 2009-04-27. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 April 2009 suggested (help)

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