Apstar 2
Template:Infobox spacecraft APSTAR II was a communications satellite based on the Boeing 601 spacecraft design, built by Hughes Space and Communications Company, now a subsidiary of Boeing, designed to provide video radio data and telephone services for about 2/3 of the world's population. It was launched on Jan. 26, 1995 by a Long March 2E launcher from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, but was destroyed shortly after liftoff by an explosion.
It was commissioned by APT Satellite Company, a Hong-Kong based , Chinese government-sponsored competitor to Asiasat[1]
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