Arianespace Ariane 44P Anik E2
Ariane 44P
Status
Success
Date
4 APR 1991
23:33
Mission Overview
The Anik E's provide North America-wide communications in both the C-band (6/4 GHz) and higher power Ku-band (14/12 GHz), and each satellite carries the equivalent of 56 analog television channels.
Rocket
Ariane 44P
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit
Stages
3
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
56.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
357 T
Thrust
5,140 kN
