Ariane 1 flight L03 from Kourou ELA-1 lofted ESA Meteosat 2 geostationary weather satellite, ISRO APPLE experimental communications satellite, and CAT-3 vehicle-monitoring payload on the third Ariane development flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 11 Ariane 1 flights
- Date and time
- 19 June 1981, 12:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1981-057
- Launches in 1981
- 59th of 126
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