MIL-OSI Russia: China Launches New Communications Satellite

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

WENCHANG, HAINAN PROVINCE, May 20 (Xinhua) — China on Tuesday successfully launched a new communications satellite into orbit from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in southern China’s Hainan Province.

The ChinaSat-3B satellite was launched at 19:50 Beijing time by a Long March-7A carrier rocket. The satellite successfully entered its designated orbit.

The satellite will primarily provide voice, data, radio and television signal transmission services.

The current launch was the 577th flight mission for the Long March series of launch vehicles. –0–

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