Mission description
This is supposedly a test communications satellite to operate in geostationary orbit.
Launch index
Mission imagery · Long March 3B
Launch Successful
Long March 3B | TJS-2 (TJSW-2)
January 5, 2017 at 3:18 PM UTC
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch details
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January 5, 2017 at 3:18 PM UTC
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Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 28.2455, 102.0268
- Rocket
- Long March 3B
- Launch probability
- Not published
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- January 5, 2017 at 3:10 PM UTC
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- January 5, 2017 at 3:45 PM UTC
- Feed updated
- June 15, 2024 at 2:29 PM UTC
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Long March 3B
Long March · 3B
Height
54.8 m
Diameter
3.35 m
LEO capacity
11,500 kg
Successful launches
21
Launch complex
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is a spaceport in China. It is located in Zeyuan Town, northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan.
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