Eutelsat 2F5 & Türksat 1A

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:37:00

Monday January 24, 1994

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Third stage turbopump malfunction. Flight V63.

Eutelsat 2F5

Wiki

Eutelsat 2 F5 is a communications satellite of the Eutelsat constellation. It was destroyed because of the failure of the launch.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

1,800 kilograms

Türksat 1A

Wiki

Türksat 1A was a Turkish communications satellite as part of a project to form an instant network with two geosynchronous satellites supervised by the companies Türksat A.Ş. in Turkey and Aérospatiale of France. Turkey's first spacecraft in its space program, Türksat 1A was launched by Arianespace atop an Ariane-44LP H10+ launch vehicle, along with the French satellite Eutelsat 2F5, in a dual-payload launch on January 24, 1994, at 21:37:00 UTC from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. It failed to reach the orbit and fell into the ocean due to a malfunction of the launch vehicle's last stage 12 minutes and 12 seconds after lift-off.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

1,743 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Ariane 44LP

Active 1988 to 2001

European Space Agency logo

Manufacturer

ESA

Rocket

Diameter: 3.8m

Height: 58.72m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 4,220 kg

Liftoff Thrust

5,800 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

ELA-2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

16 days

Stats

Ariane 4


35th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1994

European Space Agency


54th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1994

1994


3rd

Orbital launch attempt