Delivered Telesat Canada's Anik E2 communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit, providing C-band and Ku-band television and telecom coverage across North America from 111.1 degrees West.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 15 Ariane 44P flights
- Date and time
- 4 April 1991, 23:33 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44P
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1991-026
- Launches in 1991
- 26th of 91
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