Ariane 1 flight L6 from Kourou, the second commercial Ariane mission, successfully orbited ECS 1 (Eutelsat 1 F1) for European regional communications and AMSAT P3B (OSCAR 10) amateur-radio satellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 11 Ariane 1 flights
- Date and time
- 16 June 1983, 11:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1983-058
- Launches in 1983
- 59th of 129
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