Arianespace

NSS 7

Ariane 44L

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, April 16, 2002 · 23:02 UTC

Mission

/01

Ariane mission V150 placed Lockheed Martin A2100-class satellite NSS 7 satellite into orbit. The satellite was owned by New Skies, an Intelsat spinoff, and carried a C/Ku band telecoms payload.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Ariane 44L

Variant: 44L

Launch Pad

Ariane Launch Area 2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

5.232° N, 52.778° W

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