Ariane 502 | Maqsat and TeamSat
The second Ariane 5 qualification flight carried the instrumented Maqsat-H and Maqsat-B platforms with ESA's TeamSat technology payload. Separation occurred, but excessive launcher roll torque shut the core stage down early and left the payloads in a lower-than-planned transfer orbit.
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- Ariane 5 flight 502Maqsat-H and Maqsat-B launch
- Name
- Ariane 502 | Maqsat and TeamSat
- Slug
- ariane-502-maqsat-teamsat-mission
- Status
- failed
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- Description
- The second Ariane 5 qualification flight carried the instrumented Maqsat-H and Maqsat-B platforms with ESA's TeamSat technology payload. Separation occurred, but excessive launcher roll torque shut the core stage down early and left the payloads in a lower-than-planned transfer orbit.
- End Date
- 1997-10-30
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Partial mission success; payloads separated into an off-nominal transfer orbit after premature core-stage shutdown
- Program
- Ariane 5 qualification programme
- Start Date
- 1997-10-30
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 21:58:09 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 21:58:09 UTC
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