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Long March 2E
Launched 1992-12-21 11:21 UTCLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Structural failure of payload fairing or satellite 48 seconds after launch destroyed the satellite. The launcher continued its flight to low earth orbit, where it successfully jettisoned the debris. The cause of the failure has never been identified with certainty.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Orbit
Long March 2E lifted off with Optus B2, but the launch failed.
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Waiting on the Cause
No cause has been given yet. What Ministry of Aerospace Industry finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Australian communications satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications Company in California.
Chinese governmental entity in charge of space research from July 1988 to June 1993.
Launches
13
Successful
11
85%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
49.7m
Diameter
7.8m
To low Earth orbit
9,200kg
Liftoff thrust
5,923kN
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