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ArianespaceLaunch FailureCommunicationsAriane 5 ECA
Launched 2002-12-11 22:21 UTCAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Ariane 5 ECA lifted off with Hot Bird 7 & Stentor, 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.
Hot Bird 7 was a French communications satellite for direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13 degrees East. Stentor is an experimental programme to validate technologies to be integrated into the next generation of telecommunications spacecraft.
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
57.7m
Diameter
5.4m
Liftoff thrust
11,400kN
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