Long March 3

In-active

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)

Jan. 29, 1984

Description

The Long March 3 is a chinese orbital carrier rocket. They all launched from Launch Area 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It is a 3 stage rocket used to put communication satellites into geosynchronous trasfer orbits.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    23.49 m
  • Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Launch Mass
    204 T
  • Thrust
    2961 kN
Family
  • Name
    Long March 3
  • Family
  • Variant
    3
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Long March 3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    5000 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    1500 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Government
Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei
CASC 1999

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.

Long March 3 | Feng Yun 2B

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 25, 2000, 11:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-2 (Feng Yun 2) began its development in 1980. It is built by the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering.

Geostationary Orbit
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Long March 3 | Feng Yun 2A

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
June 10, 1997, 12:01 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-2 (Feng Yun 2) began its development in 1980. It is built by the Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering.

Geostationary Orbit
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Long March 3 | Zhongxing 7

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 18, 1996, 10:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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.

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Long March 3 | Apstar 1A

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 3, 1996, 10:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The APSTAR 1 spacecraft carries such general communications traffic as voice, fax, data, and television signals across China and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam. APSTAR 1A has expanded coverage to India and Pakistan. Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., signed a contract in May 1992 with APT Satellite Company, Ltd., of Hong Kong for the first satellite. APT ordered APSTAR IA in March 1995. The spacecraft were built at the Hughes Space and Communications Company facilities in El Segundo, Calif.

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Long March 3 | APSTAR 1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 21, 1994, 10:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The APSTAR 1 spacecraft carries such general communications traffic as voice, fax, data, and television signals across China and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam. APSTAR 1A has expanded coverage to India and Pakistan. Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., signed a contract in May 1992 with APT Satellite Company, Ltd., of Hong Kong for the first satellite. APT ordered APSTAR IA in March 1995. The spacecraft were built at the Hughes Space and Communications Company facilities in El Segundo, Calif.

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Long March 3 | DFH-2A 5

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 28, 1991, noon
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite. Lost during launch because the CZ-3 upper stage failed to ignite.

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Long March 3 | Asiasat 1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 7, 1990, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Long March 3 | DFH-2A 4

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 4, 1990, 12:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

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Long March 3 | DFH-2A 3

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 22, 1988, 12:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

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Long March 3 | DFH-2A 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 7, 1988, 12:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

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Long March 3 | DFH-2A 1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 1, 1986, 12:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

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Long March 3 | DFH-2 2

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 8, 1984, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Long March 3 | DFH-2 1

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Jan. 29, 1984, 12:25 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

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