TJSW-17

Placed the classified TJS-17 communication technology experiment satellite on a geosynchronous transfer trajectory from Xichang, extending China's secretive Tongxin Jishu Shiyan series of experimental GEO satellites.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5 T (est.)

Flight

68th

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

10 April 2025, 16:47 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2025-073

Launches in 2025

76th of 329

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