LaunchesApstar 2R
CASCSUCCESS
Apstar 2R
Long March 3B · Communications
1997Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- CASC
- Rocket
- Long March 3B
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2