Apstar II

Apstar II
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer Boeing
Start of mission
Launch date January 26, 1995 (1995-01-26)
Rocket Chang Zheng 2E
Launch site Xichang LA-2
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Geostationary
Transponders
Band 32 C band
8 Ku band
TWTA power 52W (C band)
50-120W (Ku band)

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[1]

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