ArianespaceAriane 42LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Telstar 402
Launched
September 9, 1994
Image: Arianespace
Summary
Telstar 402 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 42L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on September 9, 1994. It was Arianespace's 66th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 3,929th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Ariane 42L flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). It reached a 232 × 35,725 km orbit inclined 6.9°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 42L · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Ariane 42L flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 66th launch5th this yearhumanity's 3,929th orbital launch attempt61st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Telstar 402 · NORAD 23249 · 1994-058 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TELSTAR 402
- Object ID
- 1994-058A
- Epoch
- 1994-09-09 06:04:57 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28495979 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7288325
- Inclination
- 6.9424°
- Ascending node
- 169.6994°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.5231°
- Mean anomaly
- 182.0999°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.029223
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
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Telstar 402 · NORAD 23249 · re-entered November 13, 2004
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Telstar 4 series was the successor to AT&T's Telstar 3 series. The spacecraft were built on Lockheed Martin's AS-7000 bus and featured 24 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
42nd launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 5th this year · 76th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
29 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Telstar 402 launch?
Telstar 402 launched on September 9, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Telstar 402?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Telstar 402?
Ariane 42L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 42L spec sheet
Where did Telstar 402 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Telstar 402 reach?
It reached a 232 × 35,725 km orbit inclined 6.9°.
How many satellites did Telstar 402 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).