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1998 · China Aerospace Corporation
Xinnuo 1
success
Long March 3B | Xinnuo 1
Chinese communications satellite
Overview
Date / time
July 18, 1998 at 09:20 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Mission
Xinnuo 1
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Long March 3B →
Launch provider
China Aerospace Corporation →
Payloads deployed · 1
ZHONGXING-5B
GEO