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1996 · China Aerospace Corporation

Zhongxing 7

failureLong March 3 | Zhongxing 7

ChinaSat 7 or ZX 7 (Zhongxing 7) is a Hughes HS-376 model geostationary telecommunications satellite built for the China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat). It was the first satellite ChinaSat had ordered from a western spacecraft contractor, Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., known today as Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.

Overview

Date / time
August 18, 1996 at 10:27 AM UTC
Outcome
failure
Mission
Zhongxing 7
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
FailureThird stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.
Launch vehicle
Long March 3 →
Launch provider
China Aerospace Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 1

ZHONGXING-7
GEO