Zhongxing 6B

Carried Chinasat 6B, a 38-transponder C-band communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space for ChinaSatCom to expand Chinese broadcasting capacity. It was the first commercial satellite mission for Long March since Apstar VI the previous year.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

4.5 T

Flight

8th

of 24 Long March 3B flights

Date and time

5 July 2007, 12:08 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

2007-031

Launches in 2007

33rd of 68

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