TV-Sat 2
German geostationary communications satellite
The Ariane 4 was an expendable space launch system, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.
Service provider
Commercial • FRA
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Objects from this launch
15 objects
SATCAT inventory for 1989-062
Last checked: 2026-03-16T06:11:01.261+00:00
Last success: 2026-03-16T06:11:01.261+00:00
Last non-empty: 2026-03-16T06:11:01.261+00:00
Latest snapshot: 2026-03-16T06:11:01.261+00:00
Snapshot hash: 71188119945bbc4847febf91ee9d835961293e3aef7a81eb06f07b1cdcff8636
LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 2Delta: +2RB: 1DEB: 12UNK: 0
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SATCAT payload objects
TVSAT 2
1989-062ANORAD 20168PAYGermany (GER) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 1442.08 minRCS: 2.200 m²
Inc: 14.7°
35894 km → 35913 km
HIPPARCOS
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 636.00 minRCS: 9.158 m²
Inc: 7.4°
508 km → 35732 km
SATCAT non-payload objects
ARIANE 44LP DEB [SPELDA]
1989-062DNORAD 20171DEBFrance (FR)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 90.92 minRCS: 2.000 m²
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062ENORAD 25279DEBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 562.95 minRCS: 32.493 m²
Inc: 7.3°
375 km → 32037 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062FNORAD 25282DEBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 512.32 minRCS: 1.337 m²
Inc: 7.2°
389 km → 29272 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062GNORAD 25843DEBFrance (FR)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 106.65 minRCS: 1.731 m²
Inc: 6.6°
171 km → 1971 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062HNORAD 25844DEBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 455.35 minRCS: 0.684 m²
Inc: 7.5°
372 km → 26084 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062JNORAD 26799DEBFrance (FR)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 98.33 minRCS: 0.377 m²
Inc: 7.6°
300 km → 1057 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062KNORAD 27047DEBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 516.15 minRCS: 0.656 m²
Inc: 8.9°
429 km → 29444 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062LNORAD 27048DEBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 342.05 minRCS: 1.346 m²
Inc: 8.2°
316 km → 19331 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062MNORAD 27049DEBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 481.45 minRCS: 0.201 m²
Inc: 8.2°
329 km → 27611 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062NNORAD 27050DEBFrance (FR)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 93.91 minRCS: 1.834 m²
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062PNORAD 27659DEBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 618.32 minRCS: 0.606 m²
Inc: 7.3°
715 km → 34612 km
ARIANE 44LP DEB
1989-062QNORAD 27660DEBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 596.38 minRCS: 0.643 m²
Inc: 7.0°
566 km → 33617 km
ARIANE 44LP R/B
1989-062CNORAD 20170RBFrance (FR) Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 577.65 minRCS: 12.591 m²
Inc: 6.9°
360 km → 32835 km
