NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Telstar 402R

Launch Time
Sun Sep 24, 1995 00:06 UTC

Flight V78.

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 402R

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,410.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

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

Stats

1995

54th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

69th mission
8th mission of 1995
64th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission

Ariane 4

50th mission
8th mission of 1995
47th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission