Long March 3 | Zhongxing 7
Status: Failure | Launched: Aug 18, 1996 10:27 UTC
Failure reason: Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: China Aerospace Corporation (Government)
- Rocket: Long March 3 — Long March family
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.
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T21:02:10.804714+00:00.