MISSION NAME
Arabsat 3A & Skynet 4E
Status
Success
DATE
26 FEB 1999
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Arianespace
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2
Description
Arabsat 3A and Skynet 4E are geostationary communications satellites.
Ariane 44L
Rocket Description
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.