Ariane 42L launched from Kourou carrying Intelsat 804, an Intelsat VIII-series satellite providing expanded C-band capacity for international telephony, video, and VSAT services.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.5 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 13 Ariane 42L flights
- Date and time
- 22 December 1997, 00:16 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 42L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1997-083
- Launches in 1997
- 86th of 89
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