Maiden flight of the Ariane 42P variant from Kourou, carrying GE Americom's Satcom C1 as primary payload alongside the GStar 4 communications satellite in a dual-payload launch.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.6 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 15 Ariane 42P flights
- Date and time
- 20 November 1990, 23:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 42P
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1990-100
- Launches in 1990
- 105th of 121
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