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Long March 3B
Launched 1996-02-14 19:01 UTCLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Orbit
Long March 3B lifted off with INTELSAT 708, but the launch failed.
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Waiting on the Cause
No cause has been given yet. What China Aerospace Corporation finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Geostationary communications satellite
Launches
27
Successful
24
89%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
54.8m
Diameter
3.4m
To low Earth orbit
11,500kg
Liftoff thrust
5,923kN
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