Galaxy 4R, a Hughes HS-601HP communications satellite for PanAmSat, launched on this Ariane 42L from Kourou. It replaced Galaxy IV, which had failed in 1998, providing C- and Ku-band broadcast and telecom coverage to North America from 99 degrees W.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.7 T
- Flight
- 11th
- of 13 Ariane 42L flights
- Date and time
- 19 April 2000, 00:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 42L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2000-020
- Launches in 2000
- 22nd of 85
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