N-Star b
Ariane 44P
Arianespace
Launch Status
Success Mission
N-Star b
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Japanese communications satellite
Location
Rocket
Aérospatiale Ariane 44P
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.