Telstar 402R

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:06:00

Sunday September 24, 1995

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Flight V78.

Telstar 402R

Wiki

Telstar 4 (also called Telstar 402R and Telstar 403) was a communications satellite owned by AT&T Corporation. Telstar 4 was successfully launched into space on September 24, 1995, by means of an Ariane-42L vehicle from the Kourou Space Center, French Guiana. It had a launch mass of 3,410 kg. Telstar 4 stopped operating on September 19, 2003, after a short circuit in the primary power bus.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,410 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Ariane 42L

Active 1993 to 2002

European Space Agency logo

Manufacturer

ESA

Rocket

Diameter: 3.8m

Height: 58.72m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 3,480 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,538 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

ELA-2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

16 days

Stats

Ariane 4


50th

Mission

8th

Mission of 1995

European Space Agency


69th

Mission

8th

Mission of 1995

1995


54th

Orbital launch attempt