29 January 1984, 12:25 UTC
DFH-2 1
DFH-2 1 (STTW T1), China's first experimental communications satellite, launched on the debut Long March 3 from Xichang; a third-stage restart failure left it in an elliptical orbit short of geostationary transfer.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 900 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 13 Long March 3 flights
- Date and time
- 29 January 1984, 12:25 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 3
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1984-008
- Launches in 1984
- 8th of 129
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