Communications
APSTAR-2R (TELSTAR 10)
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 25010
APSTAR-2R (TELSTAR 10) is a China communications satellite, launched on October 16, 1997 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 16, 1997 at 07:13 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Corporation
- Mission
- Apstar 2R
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,125 km
- Periapsis
- 36,046 km
- Inclination
- 10.71°
- Orbital period
- 1451.4 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 2,264.62 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.6 × 2.4 × 2.4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1997-062A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25010
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 7.9433 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational