Long March 3B | Zhongwei 1

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: China Aerospace Corporation (Government)
• Rocket: Long March 3B — Long March family

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.

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
• Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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