APSTAR 1

Long March 3 lofted APSTAR 1, a Hughes HS-376 spin-stabilized communications satellite for APT Satellite Company, from Xichang; it carried voice, fax, data and TV traffic across China, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

1.4 T (est.)

Flight

9th

of 13 Long March 3 flights

Date and time

21 July 1994, 10:55 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

International designator

1994-043

Launches in 1994

46th of 93

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