Chinasat 2

 1988-111A

---

STTW-3 (Chinasat 2, Zhongxing 2?) was launched in Dec 1988. The DFH-2A class satellite was stationed at 110.5E.

Chinasat 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Dec 22	1240	Launch by Chang Zheng 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
	1251?	T+11:08 MECO-1
	1300?	Stage 3 MES-2
	1305?	Stage 3 MECO
	1306?	Stage 3 sep	200? x 35700? x 31
1988 Dec 22	1819?	Apogee 1 at 98W
	2230?	Perigee 2; St 3 deorbit?
1988 Dec 23	0500?	Apogee 2 at 104E?
1988 Dec 23	0700		1471.03 35756 x 37179 x 0.5 GEO 152E-9/d
1988 Dec 23	1510?	Apogee 3 at 52W?
1988 Dec 24	0148?	Apogee 4 at 149E?
1988 Dec 24	0210?	AKM
1988 Dec 24	0814		1470.68 35753 x 37168 x 0.6 GEO 143E-8.5/d
1988 Dec 29	0930	On station	1436.05 35783 x 35788 x 0.6 GEO 110.3E
1989 Feb 10			1436.10 35785 x 35788 x 0.4 GEO 110.7E
1989 Nov 25			1436.24 35779 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 110.9E
1991 Jan 11			1436.02 35781 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 110.8E
1992 May 22			1436.13 35782 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 110.6E
1994 Jun 15			1436.21 35786 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 110.4E
1996 Apr 7			1436.03 35775 x 35794 x 0.8 GEO 110.5E