2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) diameter 6.6 m (22 ft) height stowed: 2.84 m (9 ft 4 in)
Power
850 watts
Start of mission
Launch date
7 April 1990, 13:30:02 UTC
Rocket
Long March 3
Launch site
Xichang, LA-3
Contractor
CGWIC
Entered service
June 1990
End of mission
Disposal
Graveyard orbit
Deactivated
January 2003
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit
Regime
Geostationary orbit
Longitude
100.5° East (1990–1999) 122° East (1999–2003)
Transponders
Band
24 C-band
Bandwidth
36 MHz
Coverage area
Asia, Pacific Ocean
AsiaSat constellation
AsiaSat 2 →
AsiaSat 1 was a Hong Kong communications satellite, which was owned, and was operated, by the Hong Kong based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company. It was originally launched in February 1984 as Westar 6, but following a booster motor failure it was retrieved and returned to Earth in November of that year by Space Shuttle mission STS-51-A. After being sold to AsiaSat and refurbished, it was relaunched in April 1990, and positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 100.5° East. It spent its operational life at 100.5° East,[1] from where it was used to provide fixed satellite services, including broadcasting, audio and data transmission, to Asia and the Pacific Ocean.[2]
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