Ariane 44L launched India's Insat 2A multipurpose satellite alongside Eutelsat II F4 to geostationary transfer orbit; Insat 2A was India's first domestically built geostationary satellite, providing telecom, broadcasting and meteorological services.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4 T
- Flight
- 12th
- of 40 Ariane 44L flights
- Date and time
- 9 July 1992, 22:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1992-041
- Launches in 1992
- 42nd of 97
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