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ArianespaceLaunch SuccessfulAstrophysicsAriane 44P
Launched 1995-11-17 01:20 UTCAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Success
Reached Elliptical Orbit
Worldwide
68th
orbital launch attempt in 1995
Arianespace
10th
launch this year
Ariane Launch Area 2
10th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
29 d
since the pad's previous launch
SO (Infrared Space Observatory) was a infrared space telescope designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS and NASA. ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometers to provide detailed infrared properties of selected Galactic and extragalactic sources.
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.
Launches
328
Successful
313
95%
Upcoming
51
scheduled
Height
56.9m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
6,500kg
Liftoff thrust
5,140kN
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