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Long March 3B | Nusantara Dua
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Failure

Nusantara Dua

Long March 3B

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LAUNCH SITEXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission

Nusantara Dua is a high throughput communications satellite built by CAST for Indonesian satellite operator PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara. It will replace the Palapa D satellite. Nusantara Dua will provide broadband internet and broadcasting access to users in Indonesia, as well as some regions of Asia-Pacific and Australia.

Launch vehicle
Long March 3B
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

The vehicle

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Long March 3B
Launch vehicle

Long March 3B

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.

Height
54.8 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Stages
3
Recorded launches
24
First flight
1996-02-14

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Mission update

Third stage of the rocket suffered an anomaly resulting in only one of the two engines operating properly, and it broke up along with the payload while reentering the atmosphere.

Launch site & orbit

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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