Agila 2

First successful flight of the Long March 3B, carrying the Agila 2 communications satellite for the Philippines' Mabuhay Satellite Corporation. Poor injection accuracy forced Agila 2 to burn extra onboard propellant to reach its final geostationary orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

3.8 T

Flight

2nd

of 24 Long March 3B flights

Date and time

19 August 1997, 17:50 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Communications

International designator

1997-042

Launches in 1997

44th of 89

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