Long March 2E | Apstar 2
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Apstar 2
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.
Long March 2E
Height 49.69 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 5923 kN
Diameter 7.85 Meters
Mass To LEO 9200 kg
Liftoff Mass 462 Tonnes
Launch Success 5
Consecutive Success 2
Maiden Flight 1990-07-16
Launch Failures 2
