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Long March 3B | Zhongwei 1
Long March 3B
May 30, 1998, 10:00 AM UTC
May 30, 1998, 10:00 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Location
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- 🇨🇳 CHN
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 20.9°C
- Wind
- 5 km/h @ 168°
- Sky
- Rain
- Source
- open-meteo-archive