ArianespaceAriane 42PAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Satcom C1 & GStar 4
Launched
November 20, 1990
Image: NASA
Summary
Satcom C1 & GStar 4 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 42P from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on November 20, 1990. It was Arianespace's 39th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 3,581st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Ariane 42P flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of Satcom C1, one of 4 catalogued objects, from November 24, 1990, was 35,702 × 36,404 km inclined 0.2°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 42P · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Ariane 42P flightArianespace's 39th launch6th this yearhumanity's 3,581st orbital launch attempt105th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Satcom C1 · NORAD 20945 · 1990-100 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SATCOM C1
- Object ID
- 1990-100A
- Epoch
- 1990-11-24 05:09:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.99354341 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0082686
- Inclination
- 0.1835°
- Ascending node
- 237.8951°
- Arg. of perigee
- 306.5674°
- Mean anomaly
- 175.578°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 2 still in orbit
- Satcom C1 · NORAD 20945 · in orbit
- Gstar 4 · NORAD 20946 · in orbit
Ariane H10 V40 · re-entered April 17, 2026
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Geostationary communications satellites
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
15th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 6th this year · 49th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
39 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Satcom C1 & GStar 4 launch?
Satcom C1 & GStar 4 launched on November 20, 1990. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Satcom C1 & GStar 4?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Satcom C1 & GStar 4?
Ariane 42P, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 42P spec sheet
Where did Satcom C1 & GStar 4 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Satcom C1 & GStar 4 reach?
The tracked orbit of Satcom C1, one of 4 catalogued objects, from November 24, 1990, was 35,702 × 36,404 km inclined 0.2°.
How many satellites did Satcom C1 & GStar 4 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).