Long March 3B | Apstar 2R
China Aerospace Corporation · Long March 3B · Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Corporation's 18th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 4,182nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 16, 19:13 – Oct 16, 19:13 UTC
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Apstar 2R
Space Systems/Loral's (SS/L) Apstar-2R is one of the most powerful spacecraft in Asia-Pacific service. Launched in China in 1997 by APT Satellite Company, Ltd., the satellite offers regional voice, video, and data services to an area large enough to link Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region into a broad telecommunications network.
Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
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Pad — Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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