Ariane 2 flight V28 launched Intelsat 515 (Intelsat VA F-15), the fifteenth and last Intelsat V-series satellite, into geostationary transfer orbit from Kourou; it carried 29 C-band and 6 Ku-band transponders for global telecom traffic.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 6 Ariane 2 flights
- Date and time
- 27 January 1989, 01:21 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 2
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1989-006
- Launches in 1989
- 6th of 102
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas