MISSION NAME
INTELSAT 905 905
Status
Success
DATE
5 JUN 2002
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Arianespace
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2
Description
Intelsat 905 (or IS-905[1]) is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
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.