flown missionFailure
Long March 3B | INTELSAT 708
China Aerospace 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
- INTELSAT 708
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Geostationary communications satellite
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- Guidance platform short-circuited right at liftoff, leading to loss of attitude control. The vehicle hit the ground at T+23 seconds and exploded, killing at least 6 people on the ground.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 3B
- Family
- Long March
- Variant
- B
- Provider
- China Aerospace 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