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Ariane 2: Intelsat 515

Name: Ariane 2: Intelsat 515
Start: 1989-01-27T01:21:00Z
End: 1989-01-27T01:21:00Z
Location: Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Geostationary communications satellite

Friday, 27 January 1989

Mission Data

🇪🇺ArianespaceEst. 1980

Launch VehicleAriane 2

Vehicle FamilyAriane

Vehicle Record5 of 6 launches (83.3%)

Provider TypeCommercial

Agency Record313 successes / 15 failures (95%)

Success Streak16 consecutive

Mission TypeCommunications

Target OrbitGeostationary Orbit

Launch PadAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

LocationGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana GUF

Orbital Launches This Year#6

Agency Launches This Year#1

Launches From This Pad56

Launches From This Site336

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Ariane 2

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.

Launch Site

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) · 5.2360°N 52.7750°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.