The maiden flight of Europe's Ariane 4 (mission V22), carrying a triple payload of the Meteosat P2 weather satellite, PanAmSat 1 (PAS-1) communications satellite, and the AMSAT OSCAR-13 amateur radio satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 26 Ariane 44LP flights
- Date and time
- 15 June 1988, 11:19 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1988-051
- Launches in 1988
- 52nd of 121
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