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The Ariane 2 and Ariane 3 were expendable launch systems in the Ariane family designed by the European Space Agency. They were almost identical, with the Ariane 3 equipped with strap-on boosters. They were the successors of the Ariane 1 and the predecessors of the Ariane 4.
They were three-stage rocket:
This design will be kept until the Ariane 4.
The first launch of the Ariane 3 was on August 4, 1984; mostly two years before the Ariane 2. There was 11 flights; only the fith one was a failure.
The small number of flights of the Ariane 2 & 3 is due to the arrival of the much more versatile and powerfull Ariane 4.
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