MISSION NAME
TJS-5 (TJSW-5) 5
Status
Success
DATE
7 JAN 2020
LAUNCH PROVIDER
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Description
TJS-5 is a geostationary communications satellite. It offers satellite communication, television and broadcasting services, while also verifying high-throughput communications technology.
Long March 3B
Rocket Description
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.