Arianespace Ariane 42P Echostar II
Ariane 42P
Status
Success
Date
11 SEP 1996
00:00
Mission Overview
American geostationary communications spacecraft
Rocket
Ariane 42P
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary 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
55.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
323 T
Thrust
3,944 kN
