launched fromChina

Optus-B2

Name: Optus-B2
Start: 1992-12-21T11:21:00Z
Location: Xichang

Failure

DEC 21199211:21:00 UTC

Structural failure of payload fairing 48 seconds after launch, destroying the satellite.

LIFTOFF

DEC 21 1992

11:21:00 UTC

Failure

launched fromLA-2Xichang

Payload

Communication