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Optus B1
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 13 Aug 1992, 11:00 pm UTC
Rocket: Long March 2E (Long March)
Provider: Ministry of Aerospace Industry
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission Description
Australian communications satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications Company in California.