Ariane 1 from Kourou placed Intelsat 508 into geosynchronous orbit, an Intelsat V-series commercial communications satellite providing international telephone, data, and television relay services.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.9 T
- Flight
- 8th
- of 11 Ariane 1 flights
- Date and time
- 5 March 1984, 00:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1984-023
- Launches in 1984
- 23rd of 129
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