10 January 2019, 17:11 UTC
Zhongxing 2D (Chinasat 2D)
China's Long March 3B launched the Zhongxing-2D (ChinaSat-2D) geostationary communications satellite from Xichang toward geostationary transfer orbit, marking the first orbital launch worldwide in 2019.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 18th
- of 24 Long March 3B flights
- Date and time
- 10 January 2019, 17:11 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 3B
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2019-001
- Launches in 2019
- 1st of 102
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