ChinaSat 1D

Long March 3B launched the ChinaSat 1D (Zhongxing 1D) communications satellite from Xichang into geostationary transfer orbit, where it raised itself to GEO under its own propulsion.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5.3 T (est.)

Flight

45th

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

26 November 2021, 16:40 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

2021-114

Launches in 2021

123rd of 146

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