AsiaSat 1
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asiasat-1-216-1675684
title:
AsiaSat 1
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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 spe
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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AsiaSat communications satellite
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AsiaSat_1
date created:
2006-12-20T01:30:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T21:39:50Z
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