Ariane 3 flight V25 carried a dual payload to geostationary transfer orbit: France Telecom's Telecom 1C military/civilian communications satellite and SES's Spacenet 3R. The combined payload mass set a new record for Ariane 3's heaviest dual launch to GTO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.6 T
- Flight
- 10th
- of 11 Ariane 3 flights
- Date and time
- 8 September 1988, 23:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1988-081
- Launches in 1988
- 85th of 121
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