Apr 2 1989
From The Space Library
An ESA Ariane 2 launch vehicle was successfully launched from the Kourou launch facility in French Guiana. The Ariane 2 carried the TELE-X Nordic communications satellite into a preliminary elliptical orbit, from where it subsequently boosted itself into a 22,300-mile geosynchronous orbit. (FBIS-WEU-89-062, Apr 3/89; SSR 1989 027A-B; UPI, Apr 1/89)
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