5 August 2021, 16:30 UTC
Zhongxing 2E (Chinasat 2E)
Launched from Xichang, this Long March 3B/E placed the Zhongxing-2E military communications satellite, operated by China Satcom, into geostationary transfer orbit; the roughly 4,000 kg satellite is expected to serve about 15 years.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 40th
- of 78 Long March 3B/E flights
- Date and time
- 5 August 2021, 16:30 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
- 2021-071
- Launches in 2021
- 76th of 146
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