Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
China Aerospace Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Direct-GEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
China
Date
Sun, 18 Aug 1996 10:27:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4093 ever
Failure
Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.
Mission
ChinaSat 7 or ZX 7 (Zhongxing 7) is a Hughes HS-376 model geostationary telecommunications satellite built for the China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat). It was the first satellite ChinaSat had ordered from a western spacecraft contractor, Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., known today as Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.