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Long March 3A | Zhongxing 6

Zhongxing 6

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Launch Details

Date: 11 May 1997, 04:17 pm UTC

Rocket: Long March 3A (Long March)

Provider: China Aerospace Corporation

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission Description

The DFH-3 satellite is a medium-capacity geostationary communications satellite based on the DFH-3 Bus (three-axis-stabilized telecommunications satellite platform). The 2200 kg satellite carries 24 C-band transponders, providing six television channels and 18 communications transmission channels. It has a power supply of 2 kW and a design life of 8 years.