Xinnuo 1

Long March 3B launch from Xichang carrying Sinosat-1 (also known as Xinnuo-1 and later redesignated Chinasat-5B), an Aerospatiale-built Spacebus 3000 communications satellite with 24 C-band and 14 Ku-band channels, to geostationary orbit at 110.5 degrees East.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

2.8 T

Flight

5th

of 24 Long March 3B flights

Date and time

18 July 1998, 09:20 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

1998-044

Launches in 1998

45th of 82

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