ChinaSat 10R

Delivered the ChinaSat-10R (Zhongxing-10R) Ku-band communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Xichang as a replacement for the aging ChinaSat-10 spacecraft serving operator China Satcom.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5.3 T (est.)

Flight

65th

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

22 February 2025, 12:11 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Communications

International designator

2025-036

Launches in 2025

37th of 329

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