Geostationary communications satellite
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.
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Mission Profile
INTELSAT 708 was a Long March 3B mission operated by China Aerospace Corporation that lifted off from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on February 14, 1996. The flight carried its payload on a communications mission to Geostationary Orbit. The launch ended in failure.