Ariane V35 | SPOT 2 and six small satellites
V35 inaugurated the unboosted Ariane 40 configuration with the SPOT 2 Earth-observation satellite as its primary payload. Two UoSAT spacecraft and four Microsat payloads shared the sun-synchronous mission.
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- Aliases
- SPOT-2 launchFirst Ariane 40 missionAriane 40 V35 mission
- Name
- Ariane V35 | SPOT 2 and six small satellites
- Slug
- ariane-v35-spot-2-six-small-satellites-mission
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- V35 inaugurated the unboosted Ariane 40 configuration with the SPOT 2 Earth-observation satellite as its primary payload. Two UoSAT spacecraft and four Microsat payloads shared the sun-synchronous mission.
- End Date
- 1990-01-21
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Ariane V35 successfully deployed SPOT 2 and its six secondary payloads into sun-synchronous orbit.
- Program
- Ariane 4 launch programme
- Start Date
- 1990-01-21
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 20:04:02 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 20:04:02 UTC
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