Shi Jian 4

Maiden flight of the Long March 3A carried two Chinese satellites from Xichang: Shijian 4, a scientific research satellite studying the space radiation environment, and Kuafu 1, a dynamic mass simulator built to the DFH-3 satellite bus design. Both reached their intended orbits.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Elliptical

Elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

1.7 T

Flight

1st

of 27 Long March 3A flights

Date and time

8 February 1994, 08:33 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Planetary Science

International designator

1994-010

Launches in 1994

11th of 93

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