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China launches Zhongxing 2D satellite

China has successfully sent this year's first satellite into space, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The Zhongxing-2D satellite was sent into space on a Long...

Zhongxing 2D (Chinasat 2D)

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinasat 2D is a geostationary communications satellite.

Long March 3B

Family:
Configuration: B

The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.

Specifications

Max Stage
3
Length
54.8 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Fairing Diameter
―
Launch Mass
426.0 T
Thrust
5923.0 kN

Family

Name
Long March 3B
Family
―
Variant
B
Alias
―
Full Name
Long March 3B

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$70000000
Low Earth Orbit
11500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
5100.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
2000.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

(CASC)

Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei Founded: 1999 Successes: 578 Failures: 15 Pending: 9

Agency Type:

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

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