Payload
APSTAR-1A
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
APSTAR-1A is a China payload satellite, launched on July 3, 1996 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 3, 1996 at 10:47 AM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Corporation
- Mission
- Apstar 1A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,182 km
- Periapsis
- 36,001 km
- Inclination
- 12.66°
- Orbital period
- 1451.7 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 731.42 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1996-039A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23943
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 25.1188 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational