launched fromChina

Intelsat 708

Name: Intelsat 708
Start: 1996-02-14T19:01:00Z
Location: Xichang

Failure

FEB 14199619:01:00 UTC

Guidance platform short-circuited right at liftoff, leading to loss of attitude control. The vehicle hit the ground at T+23 seconds and exploded, killing at least 6 people on the ground.

LIFTOFF

FEB 14 1996

19:01:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromLA-2Xichang

aboardLong March 3BF-01intoGTO

Payload

Intelsat 708

Communication