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DFH-2A 5
Launch was a Partial FailureLaunch Details
Date: 28 Dec 1991, 12:00 pm UTC
Rocket: Long March 3 (Long March)
Provider: Ministry of Aerospace Industry
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission Description
Chinese geostationary communications satellite. Lost during launch because the CZ-3 upper stage failed to ignite.