ArianespaceAriane 3Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
ECS 2 & Télécom 1A
Launched
August 4, 1984
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace
Summary
ECS 2 & Télécom 1A launched on an Arianespace Ariane 3 from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on August 4, 1984. It was Arianespace's 9th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 2,856th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Ariane 3 flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). ECS 2, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 205 × 36,070 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 3 · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Ariane 3 flightArianespace's 9th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 2,856th orbital launch attempt81st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ECS 2 · NORAD 15158 · 1984-081 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EUTELSAT 1-F2 (ECS 2)
- Object ID
- 1984-081A
- Epoch
- 1984-08-04 13:51:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.26268257 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7316723
- Inclination
- 6.9857°
- Ascending node
- 330.3515°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.5092°
- Mean anomaly
- 1.4266°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.000099999
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
8 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 4 debris, 1 component; 6 still in orbit
- ECS 2 · NORAD 15158
- Telecom 1A · NORAD 15159 · in orbit
Ariane H10 V10 · broke up September 18, 1984
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellites
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
11th launch from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), 3rd this year · 19th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
56 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
73 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaOpen in maps
Questions
When did ECS 2 & Télécom 1A launch?
ECS 2 & Télécom 1A launched on August 4, 1984. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch ECS 2 & Télécom 1A?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched ECS 2 & Télécom 1A?
Ariane 3, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 3 spec sheet
Where did ECS 2 & Télécom 1A launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did ECS 2 & Télécom 1A reach?
ECS 2, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 205 × 36,070 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did ECS 2 & Télécom 1A launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).