LAUNCH CENTER
![Launch Image](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=3840&q=75)
Success
Thu Apr 04 1991
Arianespace
Anik E2
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(11:33 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(11:33 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(11:33 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Ariane 44PDescription:
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.
![Ariane 44P rocket](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=640&q=75)
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- The Anik E's provide North America-wide communications in both the C-band (6/4 GHz) and higher power Ku-band (14/12 GHz), and each satellite carries the equivalent of 56 analog television channels.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kourou, French Guiana
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2