China Aerospace CorporationLong March 3Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Long March 3 | Apstar 1A
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China Aerospace Corporation's 11th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 4,084th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 3, 10:47 – Jul 3, 10:47 UTC
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Apstar 1A
The APSTAR 1 spacecraft carries such general communications traffic as voice, fax, data, and television signals across China and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam. APSTAR 1A has expanded coverage to India and Pakistan. Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., signed a contract in May 1992 with APT Satellite Company, Ltd., of Hong Kong for the first satellite. APT ordered APSTAR IA in March 1995. The spacecraft were built at the Hughes Space and Communications Company facilities in El Segundo, Calif.
Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
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Pad — Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
108 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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