Intelsat 513 (Intelsat 5 F-13), an Intelsat communications satellite capable of handling 15,000 phone calls and two TV channels simultaneously, launched into geostationary transfer orbit over the Atlantic.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 6 Ariane 2 flights
- Date and time
- 17 May 1988, 23:58 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 2
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1988-040
- Launches in 1988
- 41st of 121
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