Arianespace Ariane 44L Italsat F2 & Télécom 2D
Ariane 44L
Status
Success
Date
8 AUG 1996
22:49
Mission Overview
Italsat F2 and Télécom 2D are Italian and French 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
