LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Tue Mar 24 1998
Arianespace
SPOT-4
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
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Rocket Details
Name:
Ariane 40Description:
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.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Earth Science
- The satellites SPOT 4 (Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre) was a second generation of SPOT earth observation satellite operated by Spot Image.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kourou, French Guiana
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2