DFH-3

Launched China's DFH-3 (Chinasat-5) communications satellite, carrying 24 C-band transponders for six TV channels and 18 data links. The apogee kick motor malfunctioned after separation, leaving the satellite stranded in a sub-geosynchronous orbit and unable to reach its intended GEO slot.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

2.2 T

Flight

2nd

of 27 Long March 3A flights

Date and time

29 November 1994, 17:02 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Communications

International designator

1994-080

Launches in 1994

83rd of 93

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