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Zhongxing 6
Long March 3A · Communications
1997Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Mission
The DFH-3 satellite is a medium-capacity geostationary communications satellite based on the DFH-3 Bus (three-axis-stabilized telecommunications satellite platform). The 2200 kg satellite carries 24 C-band transponders, providing six television channels and 18 communications transmission channels. It has a power supply of 2 kW and a design life of 8 years.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- CASC
- Rocket
- Long March 3A
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2