Launch site Xichang LA-2 Regime Geostationary Launch date 26 January 1995 Manufacturer Hughes Aircraft Company | Reference system Geocentric Band 32 C band
8 Ku band Rocket Long March 2E | |
TWTA power 52W (C band)
50-120W (Ku band) Similar TDRS‑7, Cerise, Space Flyer Unit, FASat‑Alfa, Sich‑1 | ||
APSTAR II was a communications satellite based on the Hughes HS-601 spacecraft design, built by Hughes Space and Communications Company, now a subsidiary of Boeing, designed to provide video radio data and telephone services for about 2/3 of the world's population. It was launched on Jan. 26, 1995 by a Long March 2E launcher from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, but was destroyed shortly after liftoff by an explosion.
It was commissioned by APT Satellite Company, a Hong-Kong based, Chinese government-sponsored competitor to Asiasat
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