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Agila 2

Long March 3

China Aerospace Corporation

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Agila 2

Type: Communications

Agila 2, delivered on orbit in 1997, is the most powerful telecommunications satellite in service in the Asia-Pacific region. The new satellite is a prime example of SS/L’s dominance in the emerging domestic and international broadcast satellite market.

Trajectory

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Location

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China

187 rockets have launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China.

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

Rocket

Long March 3B – China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

  • Family: Long March 3
  • Length: 54.8 m
  • Diameter: 3.35 m
  • Launch Mass: 426 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 11500 kg

The Long March 3B was manufactured by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation with the first launch on 1996-02-14. Long March 3B has 23 successful launches and 3 failed launches with a total of 26 launches. The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.

Agency

China Aerospace Corporation – CASC

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: CASC
  • Country: CHN
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