LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Failure
Wed Jan 25 1995
China Aerospace Corporation

Apstar 2

Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(10:40 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(10:40 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(10:40 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Long March 2E

Description:

The Long March 2C is a family of expendable launch vehicles made and operated by China. It is a two stage launch vehicle with storable propellants, consisting of Nitrogen Tetroxide and Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine.

Long March 2E rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • The APStar 2 satellite was designed to serve two-thirds of the world's population - from China, Japan, and Vietnam on the east; to Russia, Eastern Europe, and India on the west; and to Australia on the south. APT Satellite Company, Ltd., of Hong Kong, ordered the high-power Hughes HS 601 spacecraft model in November 1993, as well as satellite control facility equipment and operator training.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Pad

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)