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Long March 3 | Zhongxing 7
China Aerospace Corporation · Long March 3 · Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Corporation's 12th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 4,093rd orbital launch attempt
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Aug 18, 10:27 – Aug 18, 10:27 UTC
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Zhongxing 7
ChinaSat 7 or ZX 7 (Zhongxing 7) is a Hughes HS-376 model geostationary telecommunications satellite built for the China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat). It was the first satellite ChinaSat had ordered from a western spacecraft contractor, Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., known today as Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.
Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
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Pad — Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
108 launches from this pad · 241 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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