TV-Sat 1
Ariane 2
Arianespace
Mission
TV-Sat 1
Type: Communications
German geostationary communications satellite
Trajectory
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Location
Ariane Launch Area 2
Kourou, French Guiana
318 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
Rocket
Ariane 2 – Aérospatiale
- Family: Ariane
- Length: 49.13 m
- Diameter: 3.8 m
- Launch Mass: 215 T
The Ariane 2 was manufactured by Aérospatiale with the first launch on 1986-05-31. Ariane 2 has 5 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 6 launches. Ariane 2 was an expendable space launch vehicle, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) between 1986 and 1989 as part of Ariane family of rockets. The principal manufacturer for the Ariane 2 was Aérospatiale, while the lead agency for its development was the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French government’s space agency.
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.
