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Intelsat 708 was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat. It was destroyed on 15 February 1996 when the Long March 3B launch vehicle failed while being launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. The launch vehicle veered off course immediately after liftoff and struck a ...
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15.33 m (50.3 ft) Diameter: ... on 14 February 1996 carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite, ... Tiantong 1-02: GTO: Success 72 Y70 6 December 2020
On 15 February 1996, a fatal accident occurred when the first new Long March 3B heavy carrier rocket carrying Intelsat 708 veered off course 22 seconds after launch, crashing 1200 meters away from the launch pad in a nearby mountain village, destroying 80 homes.
Intelsat 708: 14 February 1996 ... Launch failure, carrier rocket went out of control two seconds after launch. Intelsat 709: 15 June 1996 06:55:09 ... Intelsat 10-02 ...
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15 February 1996: Xichang, China: 6–100: Long March 3B: A Long March rocket carrying the Intelsat 708 Satellite veered off course immediately after launch, crashing in the nearby village 22 seconds later, destroying 80 houses. According to official Chinese reports there were 6 fatalities and 57 injuries resulting from the incident, but other ...
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