23670 - TELSTAR 4 (TELSTAR 402R)

Telstar 402-R was an AT+T geostationary spacecraft launched by an Ariane rocket. The 6.4kW spacecraft replaced the failed 402 spacecraft launched in 1994 and provided 48 channels of direct television and telecommunications to the continental US for the next 13 years, after reaching the parking longitude of 89 degrees W.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 1995-09-24
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Mass: 3410.0 kg