Intelsat 708

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General

Designation	FTO
Launch date	14 Feb 1996
Country of origin	International
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	50°W
Launch vehicle	Long March 3B

The launch vehicle went off course shortly after leaving the pad and was destroyed about 20s after liftoff with its payload. Six people were killed and 57 injured, officially. Unofficial, deaths were said to be hundreds, and injured in the thousands. Two seconds after lift-off of the Long March 3B, the inertia platform became abnormal and the inertia baseline veered.

The satellite was insured for $205 million.

Technical data

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Specifications
C-band
Ku-band
Transponder frequency plan

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