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Long March 3
Launched 1996-08-18 10:27 UTCLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Orbit
Long March 3 lifted off with Zhongxing 7, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What China Aerospace Corporation finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
ChinaSat 7 or ZX 7 (Zhongxing 7) is a Hughes HS-376 model geostationary telecommunications satellite built for the China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat). It was the first satellite ChinaSat had ordered from a western spacecraft contractor, Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., known today as Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.
Launches
27
Successful
24
89%
Upcoming
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scheduled
Height
23.5m
Diameter
3.4m
To low Earth orbit
5,000kg
Liftoff thrust
2,961kN
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