flown missionPartial Failure

Long March 3B | Palapa-D

China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2) — 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.

schedule

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Fail reason
The satellite was deployed into the wrong orbit.

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