Zhongwei 1 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
30 May 1998, 10:00am
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Zhongwei 1
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
The Zhongwei 1 (Chinastar 1) satellite, an A2100A class comsat built by Lockheed Martin for the China Orient Telecommunications Satellite Co., part of the Chinese telecoms ministry. Zhongwei 1 will serve China, India, Korea and southeast Asia with 18 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. It was orbited on a CZ-3B launch vehicle using a supersynchronous transfer orbit.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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