Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
China Aerospace Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
China
Date
Wed, 25 Jan 1995 22:40:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#3965 ever
Mission
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.