Arianespace Ariane 44L Arabsat 2B & MEASAT 2
Ariane 44L
Status
Success
Date
13 NOV 1996
22:40
Mission Overview
Arabsat 2B and MEASAT 2 are Saudi Arabian and Malaysian communications satellites.
Rocket
Ariane 44L
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
58.7 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
484 T
Thrust
5,395 kN
