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Galaxy 4R

Ariane 42L

Arianespace

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Galaxy 4R

Type: Communications

Galaxy 4R, a Hughes HS-601HP or “high power” spacecraft, provides broadcast and telecommunications service to North America, with the capability to provide back-up services to Latin America. The satellite was built on an expedited basis.

Trajectory

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Location

Ariane Launch Area 2

Kourou, French Guiana

318 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.

Ariane Launch Area 2, Kourou, French Guiana

Rocket

Ariane 42L – Aérospatiale

  • Family: Ariane
  • Length: 55.6 m
  • Diameter: 3.8 m
  • Launch Mass: 367 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 7000 kg

The Ariane 42L was manufactured by Aérospatiale with the first launch on 1993-03-12. Ariane 42L has 13 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 13 launches. 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.

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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