Communications
APSTAR-5 (TELSTAR 18)
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
APSTAR-5 (TELSTAR 18) is a China communications satellite, launched on June 29, 2004 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 29, 2004 at 03:58 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Sea Launch (Odyssey, Pacific)
- Launched by
- Zenit 3SL →
- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- Telstar 18
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,167 km
- Periapsis
- 36,118 km
- Inclination
- 6.96°
- Orbital period
- 1454.31 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 4,845 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-024A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28364
- 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