TJS 3 (TJSW-3)

China's Long March 3C launched TJS-3 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan-3), a secretive geostationary satellite believed to test communications and possibly SIGINT or early-warning payloads, from Xichang. Little official information was released about the classified mission.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

3.2 T (est.)

Flight

13th

of 14 Long March 3C flights

Date and time

24 December 2018, 16:53 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2018-110

Launches in 2018

112th of 114

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