LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Thu Jun 16 1983
Arianespace

ECS 1

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Ariane 1

Description:

Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), which had been formed in 1973, the same year that development of the launch had commenced.

Ariane 1 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • Geostationary communications satellite
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kourou, French Guiana

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 1