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Zhongwei 1
Long March 3B · Communications
1998Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Mission
The Zhongwei 1 (Chinastar 1) satellite, an A2100A class comsat built by Lockheed Martin for the China Orient Telecommunications Satellite Co., part of the Chinese telecoms ministry. Zhongwei 1 will serve China, India, Korea and southeast Asia with 18 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. It was orbited on a CZ-3B launch vehicle using a supersynchronous transfer orbit.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- CASC
- Rocket
- Long March 3B
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2