TJS-4 (TJSW-4)

Long March 3B/G2 launched the classified Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing-4 (TJSW-4) satellite from Xichang, a Chinese experimental communications satellite reported to test multi-band, high-speed Ka-band data links.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

4 T (est.)

Flight

32nd

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

17 October 2019, 15:21 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

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2019-070

Launches in 2019

75th of 102

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