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Long March 3B
Launched 1998-05-30 10:00:04 UTCLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
34th
orbital launch attempt in 1998
China Aerospace Corporation
3rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
225 d 14 h
since the pad's previous launch
The Zhongwei 1 (Chinastar 1) satellite, an A2100A class comsat built by Lockheed Martin for the China Orient Telecommunications Satellite Co., part of the Chinese telecoms ministry. Zhongwei 1 will serve China, India, Korea and southeast Asia with 18 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. It was orbited on a CZ-3B launch vehicle using a supersynchronous transfer orbit.
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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