Apstar 2

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General

Launch date	25 Jan 1995 at 19:26 UT
Country of origin	China
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	should have been in 77°E slot
Launch vehicle	Long March 2E

Six people had been killed by falling debris from the explosion which also injured 27. The insurers payed $160 million

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End of life

Out of service	25 Jan 1995
Cause	Exploded of the satellite shortly after launcher. Failure Review attributed the failure to wind shear interaction with the vehicles structure and the inability of the rather rudimentary control and guidance system of the Long March 2E to account for this.

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Hughes
Platform	HS-601
Mass at launch
Mass in orbit
Dimension	stowed: 2.7 x 3.6 x 4 m
Solar array	26 m span
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	4300 W
Design lifetime

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C-band

Main transponders	26
Backup transponders
Power	52 W
Bandwidth
Coverage
EIRP max
Polarization

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Ku-band

Main transponders	8
Backup transponders
Power	6 transponders at 50 W 2 transponders at 120 W
Bandwidth
Coverage
EIRP max
Polarization

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