Intelsat 708 was a telecommunications satellite built by the American company Space Systems/Loral for Intelsat. It was destroyed on 15 February 1996 when...
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Intelsat S.A. (formerly Intel-Sat, Intelsat) is a multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative...
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Long March 3B (section Intelsat 708 launch failure)
satellite market. During its maiden flight, on 14 February 1996 carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite, the rocket suffered a guidance failure two seconds into the...
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There have been many extremely large explosions, accidental and intentional, caused by modern high explosives, boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions...
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Systems/Loral's conduct after the February 1996 failed launch of the Intelsat 708 satellite. The Department of State charged Space Systems/Loral with violating...
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XSLC. In 1996, a fatal accident occurred when the rocket carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite failed on launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center,...
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1996 in spaceflight The first Long March 3B, carrying Intelsat 708, goes off-course immediately after launch. The rocket later came down over a village...
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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...
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operated by Intelsat Corporation. Spaceflight portal McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 25 August 2016. "Intelsat Satellite...
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1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion 1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster Intelsat 708 – 1996 launch failure, which killed an unknown number of people in the...
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