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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:33:53
Tuesday February 8, 1994
Maiden launch of the Long March 3A.
KF 1 (Kua Fu 1) was a mass model of the DFH-3 comsat launched on the maiden flight of the CZ-3A rocket.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
SJ 4 (Shi Jian 4) was a satellite to monitor the space radiation environment and its effects in an elliptical orbit. SJ-4 was built by CAST (China Academy of Space Technology). The spin-stabilized spacecraft had a mass of 397 kg with a diameter of 1.6 m and a height of 2.1 m.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
397 kilograms


Manufacturer
CASCPrice
$69.70 million
Rocket
Height: 52.52m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,500 kg
GTO: 2,600 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,962 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3.35m
Height: 8.89m
Stages
3
9th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1994
11th
Orbital launch attempt