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2017 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

TJS 2 (TJSW-2)

successLong March 3B | TJS-2 (TJSW-2)

This is supposedly a test communications satellite to operate in geostationary orbit.

Overview

Date / time
January 5, 2017 at 03:18 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Mission
TJS 2 (TJSW-2)
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch vehicle
Long March 3B →
Launch provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 1

TJS-2
GEO