MaqSat 3 & ARD Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

21 Oct 1998, 4:37pm

Location

Guiana Space Centre Launch Site

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 3

Launch Service Provider

ESA logo

ESA

Vehicle

Ariane 5 G image

Ariane 5 G

Mission

MaqSat 3 & ARD

Mission Type

Dedicated Rideshare

Destination

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

MaqSat 3 was a dummy satellite to test the Ariane Vehicle. ARD was the Advanced Reentry Demonstrator, built by ESA. This is developed for experimental purposes to validate reentry techniques.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC

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