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1997 · Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Asiasat 3

failureProton-K/DM-2M | Asiasat 3

Chinese communications satellite

Overview

Date / time: December 24, 1997 at 11:19 PM UTC
Outcome: failure
Launch site: 81/23 (81L)
Mission: Asiasat 3
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

HGS 1 (ASIASAT 3)