LAUNCH CENTER
![Launch Image](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=3840&q=75)
Success
Fri Oct 28 1988
Arianespace
TDF 1
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(2:17 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(2:17 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(2:17 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Ariane 2Description:
Ariane 2 was an expendable space launch vehicle, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) between 1986 and 1989 as part of Ariane family of rockets. The principal manufacturer for the Ariane 2 was Aérospatiale, while the lead agency for its development was the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French government's space agency.
![Ariane 2 rocket](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2FTLP_Launch_Placeholder_Image_tin.png&w=640&q=75)
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- French direct broadcasting satellite
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kourou, French Guiana
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 1