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ECS 1

Ariane 1

Arianespace

Launch Status
Success

Mission

ECS 1

Type: Communications

Geostationary communications satellite

Trajectory

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Location

Ariane Launch Area 1

Kourou, French Guiana

318 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.

Ariane Launch Area 1, Kourou, French Guiana

Rocket

Ariane 1 – Aérospatiale

  • Family: Ariane
  • Length: 50 m
  • Diameter: 3.8 m
  • Launch Mass: 207 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1400 kg

The Ariane 1 was manufactured by Aérospatiale with the first launch on 1979-12-24. Ariane 1 has 9 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 11 launches. Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), which had been formed in 1973, the same year that development of the launch had commenced.

Agency

Arianespace – ASA

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: ASA
  • Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël
  • Founded: 1980
  • Launchers: Ariane | Vega
  • Country: FRA

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world’s first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

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