flown missionFailure
Long March 3 | Zhongxing 7
China Aerospace CorporationLaunch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) — 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
- Zhongxing 7
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
ChinaSat 7 or ZX 7 (Zhongxing 7) is a Hughes HS-376 model geostationary telecommunications satellite built for the China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat). It was the first satellite ChinaSat had ordered from a western spacecraft contractor, Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., known today as Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 3
- Family
- Long March
- Provider
- China Aerospace Corporation
- 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