China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 3B/ELaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Long March 3B/E | TJS-1 (TJSW-1)
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 154th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 5,491st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 12, 15:35 – Sep 12, 16:30 UTC
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TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1)
TJS-1 is the first of China's Tongxin Jishu Shiyan satellites, officially described as a communications-technology test spacecraft; Western analysts believe it carries a large deployable antenna for military signals intelligence or early warning from geostationary orbit.
Government/Top Secret · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
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Pad — Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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