LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sat Nov 21 1987

Arianespace

TV-Sat 1

Launch Successful

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Ariane 2

Description:

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Communications
German geostationary communications satellite

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kourou, French Guiana

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 2