ChinaStar 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

10:00:00

Saturday May 30, 1998

Mission Details

ChinaStar 1

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The Zhongwei 1 (Chinastar 1) satellite, an A2100A class comsat built by Lockheed Martin for the China Orient Telecommunications Satellite Co., part of the Chinese telecoms ministry. Zhongwei 1 will serve China, India, Korea, and Southeast Asia with 18 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. It was orbited on a CZ-3B launch vehicle using a supersynchronous transfer orbit. In 2010, the satellite was taken over by China Satcom and renamed ZX 5A (ChinaSat 5A). In 2013, APT and China Satcom struck an agreement under which APT would lease the satellite to prepare the market for the arrival of APStar 9 and move it to 142° east, where it has been renamed APStar 9A. The satellite was retired in June 2018 and moved to a graveyard orbit.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

2,984 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Long March 3B

Active 1996 to 2009

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Manufacturer

CASC

Rocket

Height: 54.84m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 11,500 kg

GTO: 5,100 kg

Liftoff Thrust

5,924 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4m

Height: 9.56m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

LC-2

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

18 days

Stats

Long March 3


19th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1998

1998


34th

Orbital launch attempt