Arianespace Ariane 44LP DirecTV-4S
Ariane 44LP
Status
Success
Date
27 NOV 2001
00:35
Mission Overview
It is the fifth Boeing satellite to be built for DirecTV. It was successfully launched on an Ariane-44LP H10-3 on 26 November 2001 and entered service on 27 December 2001.
Rocket
Ariane 44LP
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
58.4 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
420 T
Thrust
5,270 kN
