LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Wed Apr 19 2000
Arianespace

Galaxy 4R

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(12:29 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(12:29 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(12:29 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Ariane 42L

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 42L rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • Galaxy 4R, a Hughes HS-601HP or "high power" spacecraft, provides broadcast and telecommunications service to North America, with the capability to provide back-up services to Latin America. The satellite was built on an expedited basis.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kourou, French Guiana

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 2