Launch Overview
Vehicle
Chang Zheng 3B
Agency
China Aerospace Corporation
Site / Pad
XSC / LC2
Outcome
Success
Flight
Y3
COSPAR Designator
1997-062
Mission
Apstar 2R (Communications)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Long March 3B
Provider
China Aerospace Corporation
Agency launches
18 (5 YTD)
Site launches
25 (4 YTD)
Pad launches
13 (3 YTD)