NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Telstar 402

Launch Time
Fri Sep 09, 1994 00:29 UTC

First, and last flight of Ariane 42L with an H10+ stage. Flight V67.

Rocket

Ariane 42L
Image Credit: Arianespace
Arianespace
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 4,538 kN
Payload to GTO: 3,480 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 58.72 m

Mission Details

Telstar 402

Telstar 402 was successfully launched into space on September 9, 1994, by means of an Ariane-42L vehicle from the Kourou Space Center, French Guiana. It had a launch mass of 3,775 kg. The satellite was lost shortly after launch due to an explosion that occurred in the propulsion system that was caused by leakage of hot gases.
Telstar 402 was a communications satellite owned by AT&T Corporation.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,485.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

ELA-2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Stats

1994

61st orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

58th mission
5th mission of 1994
54th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission

Ariane 4

39th mission
5th mission of 1994
37th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission