China launched a communications satellite PAKSAT-1R for Pakistan at 0:15 a.m. Friday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Aug. 12, 2011. Photo: Xinhua
China launched a communications satellite PAKSAT-1R for Pakistan at 0:15 a.m. Friday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
The satellite was carried by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, according to the launch center. It is China’s first in-orbit delivery to Asian customers and also the first commercial satellite export to international users this year.
According to statistics from the control center, the satellite successfully separated from its carrier rocket and entered geostationary transfer orbit as scheduled, 26 minutes after being launched.
Xinhua