Paksat-1R

Launched the PakSat-1R communications satellite for Pakistan from Xichang aboard a Long March 3B, replacing the retired PakSat-1 to provide television broadcast and telecommunications coverage over South and Central Asia.

Outcome

Success

Payload to orbit

5.1 T (est.)

Flight

3rd

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

11 August 2011, 16:15 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

Unknown

International designator

2011-042

Launches in 2011

43rd of 84

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