DFH-2A 4

Zhongxing 3 (STTW-4), a Chinese DFH-2-based military and government communications satellite, launched aboard a Long March 3 from Xichang and reached geostationary orbit successfully.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

1 T (est.)

Flight

6th

of 13 Long March 3 flights

Date and time

4 February 1990, 12:27 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

1990-011

Launches in 1990

11th of 121

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