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Ariane 44L: INTELSAT 901

Intelsat 901 (IS-901) was the first of 9 new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 342°E, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for SNG, tailored for increased communications demands such as DTH and Internet.

Saturday, 9 June 2001
Ariane 44L: INTELSAT 901

Mission Data

Arianespace
🇪🇺ArianespaceEst. 1980
Launch VehicleAriane 44L
Vehicle FamilyAriane
Vehicle Record39 of 40 launches (97.5%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record313 successes / 15 failures (95%)
Success Streak16 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitGeostationary Orbit
Launch PadAriane Launch Area 2
LocationGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana GUF
Orbital Launches This Year#24
Agency Launches This Year#4
Launches From This Pad119
Launches From This Site336
Status Note

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

About Ariane 44L

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.

Launch Site

Ariane Launch Area 2 · 5.2320°N 52.7782°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.