1994 · China Aerospace Corporation
DFH-3
successLong March 3A | DFH-3
The DFH-3 satellite is a medium-capacity geostationary communications satellite based on the DFH-3 Bus (three-axis-stabilized telecommunications satellite platform). The 2200 kg satellite carries 24 C-band transponders, providing six television channels and 18 communications transmission channels. It has a power supply of 2 kW and a design life of 8 years.
Overview
- Date / time
- November 29, 1994 at 05:02 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Mission
- DFH-3
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit