ArianespaceAriane 44LPAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INTELSAT 702
Launched
June 17, 1994
Image: Arianespace
Summary
INTELSAT 702 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44LP from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on June 17, 1994. It was Arianespace's 63rd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 3,904th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Ariane 44LP flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INTELSAT 702, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 289 × 35,788 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44LP · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 11th Ariane 44LP flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 63rd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 3,904th orbital launch attempt36th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT 702 · NORAD 23124 · 1994-034 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 702
- Object ID
- 1994-034A
- Epoch
- 1994-06-17 10:01:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27645636 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7271562
- Inclination
- 7.0408°
- Ascending node
- 185.7133°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.0931°
- Mean anomaly
- 89.8694°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.0001
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
4 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- INTELSAT 702 · NORAD 23124
- STRV 1A · NORAD 23125 · in orbit
- STRV 1B · NORAD 23126 · re-entered May 7, 2025
Ariane H10+ V64 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Communications satellite operating from geostationary orbit.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
39th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 2nd this year · 73rd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
143 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INTELSAT 702 launch?
INTELSAT 702 launched on June 17, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT 702?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT 702?
Ariane 44LP, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44LP spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT 702 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INTELSAT 702 reach?
INTELSAT 702, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 289 × 35,788 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT 702 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).