In (Spring twelfth lunar month twenty), January 26, 2000, the carrier rocket Long March III A "satellite launch" Star -22 ". In 0:00 am on January 26, 2000 45, China developed the carrier rocket Long March III A from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Star -22 No. "satellite launch launch satellite has entered the preset orbit.

The launch was sixty-flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets, also the eighteenth consecutive successful launch since October 1996. "Long three launch vehicle was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Group of Launch Vehicle Technology, a take-off mass of 243 tons, the take-off thrust of 300 tons, 2.6 tons of payload into geostationary transfer orbit. The launch is the "the long top three" rocket launch since its first flight in 1994, the fourth, previously were two "Dongfanghong" communications satellite and a "practice IV" Science successful experimental satellite into orbit.
"Star -22", developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Group, Institute of Space Technology, for practical geosynchronous communications satellite, "Dongfanghong" follow-star. The satellite weighs 2.3 tons, the design life of eight years, mainly for terrestrial communications business, operated by the China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation.