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Intelsat 708
Intelsat 708
was a
telecommunications satellite
built by the American company
Space Systems/Loral
intended to be launched into a
geostationary orbit
and operated by
Intelsat
. It was destroyed during a launch failure on 15 February 1996, causing a large number of fatalities near the
Xichang Satellite Launch Center
near
Xichang
,
People's Republic of China
, prompting political controversy around the world.
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