LAUNCH CENTER
![Launch Image](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=3840&q=75)
Success
Sun Oct 29 2000
Arianespace
Europe*Star 1
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(5:59 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(5:59 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(5:59 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Ariane 44LPDescription:
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](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=640&q=75)
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- The innovative Europe*Star 1 satellite has five high-performance beams covering Europe, Southern Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kourou, French Guiana
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2