BELINTERSAT-1

Launched Belintersat-1, Belarus's first geostationary communications satellite, from Xichang into a supersynchronous transfer orbit. Built on the DFH-4 platform, the roughly 5.2-tonne satellite provides TV, radio and broadband services from 51.5 degrees East.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5.2 T

Flight

21st

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

15 January 2016, 16:57 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

2016-001

Launches in 2016

1st of 85

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