Launch vehicle · Arianespace
Ariane 1
RocketsMedium-lift
Imagery
Ariane 1 Le Bourget FRA 001
A model of an European rocket Ariane 1 in the Museum of Air and Space (Musée de l'air et de l'espace, Le Bourget, France)
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Overview
Europe's first launcher, which established independent access to space and orbited the Giotto probe to Halley's Comet.
Components & hardware
Family
Launch pads
Knowledge connections
- Member of familyAriane
- Operated byArianespace
- Launched fromEnsemble de Lancement Ariane 1
- Replaced byAriane 2
- Basis forAriane 2
- Basis forAriane 3
- LaunchedGiotto
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.