LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Tue Nov 27 2001
Arianespace

DirecTV-4S

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(12:35 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(12:35 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(12:35 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Ariane 44LP

Description:

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 44LP rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • It is the fifth Boeing satellite to be built for DirecTV. It was successfully launched on an Ariane-44LP H10-3 on 26 November 2001 and entered service on 27 December 2001.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kourou, French Guiana

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 2