Ariane 44P launched Atlantic Bird 2, a Eutelsat Spacebus 3000B2 Ku-band communications satellite, from Kourou into geostationary transfer orbit; this was the final flight of the Ariane 44P variant.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.2 T
- Flight
- 15th
- of 15 Ariane 44P flights
- Date and time
- 25 September 2001, 23:21 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44P
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2001-042
- Launches in 2001
- 43rd of 59
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