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Long March 3B | Shijian-13/Chinasat-16
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Successful

Shijian-13/Chinasat-16

Long March 3B

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

Mission

This is a Chinese experimental geostationary communications satellite. Besides testing the electric propulsion, the satellite is also reported to carry Chinas first high-throughput satellite payload (HTS), with a capacity of 20 GB per second. The satellite is aiming to provide Ka-band satellite broadband and multimedia services. Additionally it is also to conduct space-to-ground laser communications experiments.

Launch vehicle
Long March 3B
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch pad
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
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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Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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