Ariane 44L launched Saudi Arabia's Arabsat-2A and Turkey's Türksat 1C communications satellites together to geostationary transfer orbit from Kourou, French Guiana.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.8 T
- Flight
- 20th
- of 40 Ariane 44L flights
- Date and time
- 9 July 1996, 22:24 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1996-040
- Launches in 1996
- 44th of 77
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