← All launches
Launch FailureArianespace
Ariane 44LP: Eutelsat 2 F5 & Türksat 1A
Eutelsat 2 F5 and Türksat 1A are communications satellites operating in GEO.
Monday, 24 January 1994
Mission Data
🇪🇺ArianespaceEst. 1980
Launch VehicleAriane 44LP
Vehicle FamilyAriane
Vehicle Record25 of 26 launches (96.2%)
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#3
Agency Launches This Year#1
Launches From This Pad119
Launches From This Site336
Status Note
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
About Ariane 44LP
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.