Apstar 2R Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
16 Oct 1997, 7:13pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Apstar 2R
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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