DFH-2A 1

Long March 3 from Xichang placed DFH-2A 1 (STTW 1), the first improved Dong Fang Hong-2A experimental geostationary communications satellite with C-band transponders for Chinese domestic relay.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

920 kg

Flight

3rd

of 13 Long March 3 flights

Date and time

1 February 1986, 12:37 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

1986-010

Launches in 1986

11th of 110

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