Ariane 3 dual-manifest from Kourou delivering GTE Spacenet's GStar 2 and Embratel's Brasilsat-A2 communications satellites to geosynchronous orbit. Brasilsat-A2 later retired to a graveyard orbit in March 2004.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.6 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 11 Ariane 3 flights
- Date and time
- 28 March 1986, 23:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1986-026
- Launches in 1986
- 28th of 110
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