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ArianespaceLaunch FailureCommunicationsAriane 42P
Launched 1994-12-01 22:57:51 UTCAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Orbit
Ariane 42P lifted off with PAS 3, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What Arianespace finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
In November 1991, PanAmSat Corporation ordered three Hughes HS-601 model PAS (PanAmSat) satellites from Hughes Space and Communications Company. The satellites provide video services for program distribution and syndication; data services for business applications; and services for video, radio, data and telephone transmission. They were placed over the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, respectively. In August 1993, PanAmSat ordered a fourth satellite, to be used as a spare. The spare was pressed into service to replace the first PAS-3 spacecraft, which was lost during a launch vehicle failure.
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
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Height
55.9m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
6,000kg
Liftoff thrust
3,944kN
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