flown missionFailure
Long March 3B | Nusantara Dua
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) — Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- Nusantara Dua
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Nusantara Dua is a high throughput communications satellite built by CAST for Indonesian satellite operator PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. It will replace the Palapa D satellite. Nusantara Dua will provide broadband internet and broadcasting access to users in Indonesia, as well as some regions of Asia-Pacific and Australia.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- Third stage of the rocket suffered an anomaly resulting in only one of the two engines operating properly, and it broke up along with the payload while reentering the atmosphere.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 3B
- Family
- Long March
- Variant
- B
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Location
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 28.2455, 102.0268