Zhongxing 7 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
18 Aug 1996, 10:27am
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Zhongxing 7
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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