20 June 2025, 12:37 UTC
ChinaSat 9C
ChinaSat-9C (Zhongxing-9C) broadcast satellite launched toward geostationary orbit from Xichang; the 5,500 kg DFH-4E-based spacecraft will replace the 17-year-old ChinaSat-9 at 92.2 degrees East for direct-to-home television services.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.5 T
- Flight
- 71st
- of 78 Long March 3B/E flights
- Date and time
- 20 June 2025, 12:37 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
- 2025-132
- Launches in 2025
- 138th of 329
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