Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Asiasat 3S

Proton-K/DM-2M

SUCCESS
Success

Sunday, March 21, 1999 · 00:09 UTC

Mission

/01

Chinese communications satellite. Built to replace AsiaSat 3 which was lost due to a failure of the Proton-K launch vehicle during the second burn of the fourth stage.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Proton-K/DM-2M

Variant: DM-2M

Launch Pad

81/23 (81L)

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.074° N, 62.978° E

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