DFH-2A 5

Carried the DFH-2A-4 (ChinaSat 4) domestic communications satellite toward geostationary transfer orbit. The third-stage engine lost turbine speed and combustion pressure during its second burn and shut down early due to a helium pressure fault, leaving the satellite in a degraded transfer orbit.

Outcome

Partial

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

1 T (est.)

Flight

8th

of 13 Long March 3 flights

Date and time

28 December 1991, 12:00 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

1991-088

Launches in 1991

91st of 91

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