Ariane 3 dual-satellite mission from Kourou carrying GTE Spacenet's GStar 1 and France Télécom's Télécom 1B into geosynchronous transfer orbit for North American and French commercial and government communications.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.6 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 11 Ariane 3 flights
- Date and time
- 8 May 1985, 01:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1985-035
- Launches in 1985
- 36th of 125
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