Ariane L03 Qualification Mission
L03 resumed Ariane's qualification campaign with three payloads: Europe's Meteosat-2 weather satellite, India's APPLE experimental communications satellite and the CAT-3 technological capsule.
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- Aliases
- Third Ariane qualification flightAriane L03Meteosat-2 and APPLE launch
- Name
- Ariane L03 Qualification Mission
- Slug
- ariane-l03-qualification-mission
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- L03 resumed Ariane's qualification campaign with three payloads: Europe's Meteosat-2 weather satellite, India's APPLE experimental communications satellite and the CAT-3 technological capsule.
- End Date
- 1981-06-19
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Ariane L03 successfully deployed Meteosat-2, APPLE and CAT-3, restoring the qualification programme after the failed L02 test.
- Program
- Ariane 1 launch programme
- Start Date
- 1981-06-19
- Vehicle Families
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:37:34 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 19:37:34 UTC
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