Arianespace Ariane 40 SPOT 3
Ariane 40
Status
Success
Date
26 SEP 1993
01:45
Mission Overview
The satellites SPOT 1, 2 and 3 (Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre) were the first generation of SPOT earth observation satellites operated by Spot Image.
Rocket
Ariane 40
Mission Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Not availableRocket Details
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.
Height
55.6 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
245 T
Thrust
2,720 kN
