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Launch SuccessfulArianespace
Ariane 2: Tele-X
Swedish geostationary communications satellite
Sunday, 2 April 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#27
Agency Launches This Year#3
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.