Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:37:00
Monday January 24, 1994
Third stage turbopump malfunction. Flight V63.
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 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
Manufacturer
ESARocket
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 58.72m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 4,220 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,800 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
35th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1994
54th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1994
3rd
Orbital launch attempt