Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
01:33:00
Wednesday May 23, 1984
Flight V9, first flight commercialized by Arianespace.
Spacenet 1 to 3R were a series of hybrid C-/Ku-band satellites. The Spacenet satellites were built for Southern Pacific Communications (SPC), which was bought by GTE before the first Spacenet ever launched. The spacecraft were based on RCA's 3-axis stabilized AS-3000 bus.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
705 kilograms
9th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1984
1st
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1984
49th
Orbital launch attempt