Ariane V59 | SPOT 3 and six small satellites
V59 carried SPOT 3 as the primary Earth-observation payload with Stella, Kitsat-B, Posat-1, ITAMsat, Healthsat and Eyesat-1. Ariane 40 delivered the seven-spacecraft cluster to sun-synchronous orbit.
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- Aliases
- SPOT-3 launchStella launchKitsat-B launchPosat-1 launch
- Name
- Ariane V59 | SPOT 3 and six small satellites
- Slug
- ariane-v59-spot-3-six-small-satellites-mission
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- V59 carried SPOT 3 as the primary Earth-observation payload with Stella, Kitsat-B, Posat-1, ITAMsat, Healthsat and Eyesat-1. Ariane 40 delivered the seven-spacecraft cluster to sun-synchronous orbit.
- End Date
- 1993-09-25
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Ariane V59 successfully deployed SPOT 3 and six secondary spacecraft into sun-synchronous orbit.
- Program
- Ariane 4 launch programme
- Start Date
- 1993-09-25
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 20:04:06 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 20:04:06 UTC
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