DFH-18

 1986-010A

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The Feb 1986 launch carried the Shiyong Tongbu Tongxin Weixing (Operational Synchronous Communications Satellite), the second DFH-2 satellite. (DFH is an abbreviation for Dong Fang Hong, the East Is Red). 

STTW 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Feb 1	1237	Launch by CZ-3	XSC
		T+2:06 St 1 MECO
		T+2:07 St 2 burn
		T+4:15 St 2 MECO
		T+4:19 Fairing
		T+4:22 St 2 VECO
		T+4:23 Stage 3 burn
	1248	T+11:08 MECO-1
	1252?	Stage 3 MES-2
	1257?	Stage 3 MECO
			633.89 420 x 35711 x 31.0
1986 Feb 3	0207?	Apogee burn
1986 Feb 3			1403.55 34411 x 35882 x 0.1 GEO 142.5E+8.3E
1986 Feb 4			1450.09 35895 x 36224 x 0.2 GEO 148.9E+3.5W
1986 Feb 18		mv in	1436.02 35779 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 102.9E
1986 Feb 20		On station 103E
1987 Mar 12			1435.99 35782 x 35786 x 0.1 GEO 103.0E
1988 Oct 10			1435.93 35781 x 35785 x 0.1 GEO 103.2E
1989 Sep 20			1436.35 35783 x 35799 x 1.0 GEO 103.3E