MISSION NAME
Telecom 2C & Insat 2C
Status
Success
DATE
6 DEC 1995
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Arianespace
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2
Description
Telecom 2C and Insat 2C are French and Indian communications satellites operating in geostationary orbit.
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.