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European Space AgencyLaunch SuccessfulDedicated RideshareAriane 5 G
Launched 1998-10-21 16:37:21 UTCAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
64th
orbital launch attempt in 1998
European Space Agency
1st
launch this year
Ariane Launch Area 3
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
356 d 2 h
since the pad's previous launch
MaqSat 3 was a dummy satellite to test the Ariane Vehicle. ARD was the Advanced Reentry Demonstrator, built by ESA. This is developed for experimental purposes to validate reentry techniques.
Launch Provider
Multinational · France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Czechia, Romania, Norway, Finland, Greece, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovenia · Founded 1975 · Director General Josef Aschbacher
The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, France, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,000 employees. ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana.
Launches
7
Successful
6
86%
Upcoming
1
scheduled
Height
57m
Diameter
5.4m
To low Earth orbit
12,200kg
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