DirecTV 3
Ariane 42P
Arianespace
Mission
DirecTV 3
Type: Communications
DirecTV 2 is a high-powered satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) which began bringing true direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service to homes throughout North America in 1994.
Location
Ariane Launch Area 2
Kourou, French Guiana
315 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
Rocket
Ariane 42P – Aérospatiale
Family: Ariane
Length: 55.9 m
Diameter: 3.8 m
Launch Mass: 323 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 6000 kg
The Ariane 42P was manufactured by Aérospatiale with the first launch on 1990-11-20. Ariane 42P has 14 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 15 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
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: ASA
Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël
Founded: 1980
Launchers: Ariane 5 | 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.
