China Aerospace Corporation

Zhongwei 1

Long March 3B

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, May 30, 1998 · 10:00 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Long March 3B

Variant: B

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

28.246° N, 102.027° E

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Pad Launches

26

Location Launches

22

Agency Launches

34

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