Final Ariane 1 flight from Kourou, deploying CNES SPOT 1 into sun-synchronous orbit and Sweden's Viking plasma-research satellite—the first Swedish satellite. SPOT 1 pioneered commercial high-resolution land imaging until retirement in 1990.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.4 T
- Flight
- 11th
- of 11 Ariane 1 flights
- Date and time
- 22 February 1986, 01:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1986-019
- Launches in 1986
- 20th of 110
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