Launched Superbird-A1, a Japanese geostationary communications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral for Space Communications Corporation, to replace the earlier Superbird-A at the 158 degrees East orbital slot.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.8 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 15 Ariane 42P flights
- Date and time
- 1 December 1992, 22:48 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 42P
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1992-084
- Launches in 1992
- 86th of 97
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