Launched Intelsat 707, a 4,175 kg geostationary communications satellite for Intelsat's VII series, expanding transoceanic voice and data capacity.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 15th
- of 26 Ariane 44LP flights
- Date and time
- 14 March 1996, 07:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1996-015
- Launches in 1996
- 16th of 77
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