CGWICs Long March-3B rocket has successfully launched Hong-Kong's APT Satellite Company Ltd APSTAR 7 satellite weighing 5054kg from the Chinese Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The lift-off occured at 10:27 and after 36 minutes mission the satellite was successfully separated to . APSTAR 7 has 28 C and 28 Ku-band transponders and will replace the aging APSTAR 2R satellite at 76.5 East longitude.

Apstar 7 technical details and footprints