Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:06:00
Sunday September 24, 1995
Flight V78.
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
Manufacturer
ESARocket
Diameter: 3.8m
Height: 58.72m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 3,480 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,538 Kilonewtons
Stages
3
Strap-ons
2
50th
Mission
8th
Mission of 1995
69th
Mission
8th
Mission of 1995
54th
Orbital launch attempt