Ariane 44L flight V34 carried Intelsat 602 (Intelsat VI F-2) to geosynchronous transfer orbit, adding Atlantic Ocean Region telephone, data and television relay capacity to the Intelsat fleet.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.3 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 40 Ariane 44L flights
- Date and time
- 27 October 1989, 23:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1989-087
- Launches in 1989
- 88th of 102
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