Launch News Chinese broadcasting satellite placed in orbit

[N_Molson]

A Chinese communications satellite launched Saturday on a Long March rocket, beginning a mission to broadcast civil television and radio signals across China.

Bolted on top of a 180-foot-tall Long March 3B rocket, the Chinasat 6A satellite lifted off from the Xichang space center in southwestern China's Sichuan province at 1614 GMT (12:14 p.m. EDT) Saturday.

According to state-run media, the three-stage launcher deployed Chinasat 6A in a super-synchronous transfer orbit with a high point of more than 26,000 miles, a low point of 122 miles and an inclination of 25 degrees.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1009/04longmarch/

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[orb]

Here's NASASpaceFlight's article, to which I posted yesterday link on the ChatBox:

China launches SinoSat-6 telecommunications satellite via Long March 3B​

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

This was somehow missed:

Space News: "China's Sinosat-6 Hampered by Leak".