1999 · Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Asiasat 3S

successProton-K/DM-2M | Asiasat 3S

Chinese communications satellite. Built to replace AsiaSat 3 which was lost due to a failure of the Proton-K launch vehicle during the second burn of the fourth stage.

Overview

Date / time: March 21, 1999 at 12:09 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: 81/23 (81L)
Mission: Asiasat 3S
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Launch vehicle

Proton-K/DM-2M →

Launch provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center →

Payloads deployed · 1

ASIASAT 3S

GEO