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Launch SuccessfulChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Long March 3B: Chinasat-10
Monday, 20 June 201116:13 UTC
Mission Data
🇨🇳China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationEst. 1999
Launch VehicleLong March 3B
Vehicle FamilyLong March
Vehicle Record21 of 24 launches (87.5%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record606 successes / 16 failures (97%)
Success Streak13 consecutive
Launch PadLaunch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Location🇨🇳 Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China CHN
Orbital Launches This Year#27
Agency Launches This Year#2
Launches From This Pad126
Launches From This Site243
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Long March 3B
The Long March 3B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Introduced in 1996, it is launched from Launch Area 2 and 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. A three-stage rocket with four strap-on liquid rocket boosters, it is currently the most powerful member of the Long March rocket family and the heaviest of the Long March 3 rocket family, and is mainly used to place communications satellites into geosynchronous orbits.
Launch Site
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) · 28.2455°N 102.0268°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.