Asiasat 1

AsiaSat 1 was placed into geostationary orbit for Asia Satellite Telecommunications, China's first commercial launch for a foreign customer. The spacecraft was the former Westar 6, stranded after a 1984 booster failure and retrieved by Space Shuttle STS-51-A, then refurbished and resold before this relaunch.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

1.2 T

Flight

7th

of 13 Long March 3 flights

Date and time

7 April 1990, 13:30 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

1990-030

Launches in 1990

32nd of 121

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