Ariane 44L flight V46 orbited Intelsat 601, a 4,330 kg geostationary communications satellite for the Intelsat consortium providing international voice, data and video links.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.3 T
- Flight
- 8th
- of 40 Ariane 44L flights
- Date and time
- 29 October 1991, 23:08 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1991-075
- Launches in 1991
- 78th of 91
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