flown missionPartial Failure
Long March 3 | DFH-2A 5
Ministry of Aerospace IndustryLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) — Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.
mission
- Name
- DFH-2A 5
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Chinese geostationary communications satellite. Lost during launch because the CZ-3 upper stage failed to ignite.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- Satellite left in unusable orbit due to the third stage shutting down earlier than planned.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 3
- Family
- Long March
- Provider
- Ministry of Aerospace Industry
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- Location
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 28.2471, 102.0290