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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:41:00
Monday July 11, 2011
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Tianlian 1B, a Chinese data relay satellite. The satellite is the second launch of the Tianlian communication system. Tianlian I-02 spacecraft join the Tianlian I-01 data relay satellite launched in April 2008 in monitoring flights of China's crewed Shenzhou capsule and China's future space station
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,450 kilograms
Agency
CASCPrice
$20.14 million
Rocket
Height: 54.84m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,000 kg
GTO: 3,800 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,923 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 9.78m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
2
54th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2011
33rd
Orbital launch attempt