Loral Announces Successful Launch of Agila 2 Bird

Philip Chien (kc4yer@amsat.org)
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:05:19 -0400

>LORAL ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF HIGH-POWERED
>BROADCAST SATELLITE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA
>
>PALO ALTO, Calif., August 19, 1997 -- Agila 2, the first high-powered
>telecommunications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for
>Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation (MPSC), was successfully
>launched in orbit August 20 at 1:50 a.m. local time from Sichuan
>Province, China.
> The Agila satellite was built by SS/L in Palo Alto, and launched aboard
>a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.


hmmm, how'd they actually launch one successfully ... ;-)

Hopefully we'll get TLEs soon.


Philip Chien [M1959.05.31/31.145//KC4YER@amsat.org]