Maiden flight of Ariane 3 (V10) from Kourou, delivering ECS-2 (later Eutelsat-1 F2) and France’s Télécom 1A communications satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit—the first dual commercial payload on the Ariane 3 vehicle.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.4 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 11 Ariane 3 flights
- Date and time
- 4 August 1984, 13:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1984-081
- Launches in 1984
- 81st of 129
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