1991 · Ministry of Aerospace Industry
DFH-2A 5
partial failureLong March 3 | DFH-2A 5
Chinese geostationary communications satellite. Lost during launch because the CZ-3 upper stage failed to ignite.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 28, 1991 at 12:00 PM UTC
- Outcome
- partial failure
- Mission
- DFH-2A 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit
FailureSatellite left in unusable orbit due to the third stage shutting down earlier than planned.