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Long March 3 | Zhongxing 7
Long March 3
Aug 18, 1996, 10:27 AM UTC
Aug 18, 1996, 10:27 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Failure ReasonLaunch Failure
Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- Location
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- 🇨🇳 CHN
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 23.2°C
- Wind
- 3 km/h @ 83°
- Sky
- Drizzle
- Source
- open-meteo-archive