Long March 3B | Apstar 2R

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: China Aerospace Corporation (Government)
• Rocket: Long March 3B — Long March family

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.

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
• Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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