Launched Intelsat 901, a 4,725 kg geostationary communications satellite, from Kourou to provide Ku-band spot beam coverage over Europe and C-band coverage of the Atlantic Ocean region.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.7 T
- Flight
- 32nd
- of 40 Ariane 44L flights
- Date and time
- 9 June 2001, 06:45 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2001-024
- Launches in 2001
- 24th of 59
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