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Long March 3 | Apstar 1A
Long March 3
Jul 3, 1996, 10:47 AM UTC
Jul 3, 1996, 10:47 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
The APSTAR 1 spacecraft carries such general communications traffic as voice, fax, data, and television signals across China and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam. APSTAR 1A has expanded coverage to India and Pakistan. Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., signed a contract in May 1992 with APT Satellite Company, Ltd., of Hong Kong for the first satellite. APT ordered APSTAR IA in March 1995. The spacecraft were built at the Hughes Space and Communications Company facilities in El Segundo, Calif.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- Location
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- 🇨🇳 CHN
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 18.7°C
- Wind
- 3 km/h @ 16°
- Sky
- Drizzle
- Source
- open-meteo-archive