China Aerospace CorporationLong March 3Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Zhongxing 7
Launched
August 18, 1996
Image: CASC
Summary
Zhongxing 7 launched on a China Aerospace Corporation Long March 3 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on August 18, 1996. The mission failed: Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early. It was China Aerospace Corporation's 12th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,093rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Long March 3 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Result
- Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Long March 3 · China Aerospace Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 11th Long March 3 flight · 2nd this yearChina Aerospace Corporation's 12th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,093rd orbital launch attempt52nd orbital launch attempt this year
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Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Zhongxing 7 · NORAD 24282
CZ-3 Y14 Stage 3 · re-entered July 3, 2003
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
11th launch from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), 2nd this year · 21st from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
108 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
45 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Zhongxing 7 launch?
Zhongxing 7 launched on August 18, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Why did Zhongxing 7 fail?
Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.
Where can I watch Zhongxing 7?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Zhongxing 7?
Long March 3, flown by China Aerospace Corporation. Long March 3 spec sheet
Where did Zhongxing 7 launch from?
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit was Zhongxing 7 going to?
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a communications mission.
How many satellites did Zhongxing 7 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).