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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch FailureCommunicationsLong March 3B
Launched 2020-04-09 11:46 UTCLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Third stage of the rocket suffered an anomaly resulting in only one of the two engines operating properly, and it broke up along with the payload while reentering the atmosphere.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Long March 3B lifted off with Nusantara Dua, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Nusantara Dua is a high throughput communications satellite built by CAST for Indonesian satellite operator PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. It will replace the Palapa D satellite. Nusantara Dua will provide broadband internet and broadcasting access to users in Indonesia, as well as some regions of Asia-Pacific and Australia.
Launch Provider
Government · China · Founded 1999 · Chairman & President Lei Fanpei
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.
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Landings
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Upcoming
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Height
54.8m
Diameter
3.4m
To low Earth orbit
11,500kg
Liftoff thrust
5,923kN
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