FH 3

Launch data: Designation  29398 / 06038A Launch date  12 Sep 2006 Launch site  Xichang Launch vehicle  CZ-3A Mission   Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35782 x 35790 km Inclination  0.2° Period  1436.1 min

Spacecraft data:

Mission details:

• China launched a new telecommunications satellite, Zhongxing-22A, with a Long March-3A rocket carrier, at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, at 00:02 on Sept. 13, 2006.
• Twenty-five minutes later, the Xi'an Satellite Monitoring and Controling Center reported that Zhongxing-22A successfully entered onto the preset orbit, at a perigee of 207 kilometers and an apogee of 42,000 kilometers.
• Zhongxing-22A, an earth-synchronous telecommunications satellite is designed by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Technology Group Company.
• The satellite has been designed to work for eight years, for the owner -- the China Telecommunication Broadcast Satellite Company under the China Telecommunications Satellite Group Company.
• It has been the 10th successful launch in succession of the Long March-3A and the 91st launch of the Long March rocket carriers.
• Since October,1996, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center has succeeded in 18 successive launches, and it is also the country's 49th successful space launch in the running.