摘要
China launched the NigComSat-1R communications satellite with a Long March 3B/E from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) at 00:41 on December 20.Twenty six minutes after the lift-off,the satellite separated with the rocket and entered precisely into a geostationary transfer orbit with a perigee of 203km,an apogee of 42007km and an inelination of 24.8 degrees.