Failure
PAS 3
Communications
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialAriane 42P
Direct-GEOorbit
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.
Thursday, December 1, 1994 at 10:57 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#3,952
ASA Mission
#69
Pad Launch
#45
Location Launch
#79
Launch Window
NET
Dec 1, 1994, 10:57 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Ariane 42P Specs
The Ariane 4 was an expendable space launch system, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.
Length
55.9 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Launch Mass
323 t
Thrust
3,944 kN
LEO Capacity
6,000 kg
GTO Capacity
2,990 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1990
Fastest Turnaround
22d 23h
Total Launches
15
Successful
14
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
8
Maiden flight: Nov 20, 1990
Arianespace
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.
Founded
1980
Administrator
CEO: David Cavaillolès
Total Launches
326
Successful
311
Failed
15
Pending
29
Consecutive Success
14
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Timezone
America/Cayenne
Local Launch Time
Dec 1, 1994, 7:57 PM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903