Chinasat-1A

Success CASC, Long March 3B/E

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to orbit0 km1,610 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Rocket and boosterLong March 3B/E
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Long March 3B/E

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What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
ZHONGXING-1A 2011-047A Payload 35842 × 35863 km · 4.0° Globe
CZ-3B R/B 2011-047B Rocket body re-entered 2012-02-07

COSPAR ID 2011-047. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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