NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Tianlian 1B

Launch Time
Mon Jul 11, 2011 15:41 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3C
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Retired
Price: $20.14 million
Liftoff Thrust: 5,923 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,800 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 54.84 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 9.78 m

Mission Details

Tianlian 1B

Tianlian 1B, a Chinese data relay satellite. The satellite is the second launch of the Tianlian communication system. Tianlian I-02 spacecraft join the Tianlian I-01 data relay satellite launched in April 2008 in monitoring flights of China's crewed Shenzhou capsule and China's future space station

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,450.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2011

33rd orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

54th mission
3rd mission of 2011
48th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission