Dong Fang Hong

For other uses of the phrase "Dongfanghong" see Dong Fang Hong (disambiguation)

Dongfanghong (东方红), meaning The East is Red, is a space satellite program for the People's Republic of China, which started in 1970. Satellites in this series were placed in either low Earth orbit or geostationary orbit and carried out a variety of purposes: testing, remote sensing, telecommunications, meteorology, and scientific studies. While most Chinese satellites are named as part of the Dongfanghong series, others are singularly named or part of the AsiaSat or Apstar series.

China is also eager to provide its Dongfanghong technology as the basis for satellites designed, manufactured and launched by China for international customers, as it did for Nigeria with the NigComSat-1.

Satellites launched

• 1970
  • Dongfanghong I (Mao 1)

• 1971
  • Dongfanghong II (Mao 2)

• 1975
  • Dongfanghong III (Mao 3)
  • Dongfanghong IV (Mao 4)
  • Dongfanghong V (Mao 5)

• 1976
  • Dongfanghong VI (Mao 6)
  • Dongfanghong VII (Mao 7)

• 1978
  • Dongfanghong VIII (Mao 8)

• 1981
  • Dongfanghong IX
  • Dongfanghong X
  • Dongfanghong XI

• 1982
  • Dongfanghong XII

• 1983
  • Dongfanghong XIII

• 1984
  • Dongfanghong XIV
  • Dongfanghong XV (STTW 0)
  • Dongfanghong XVI

• 1985
  • Dongfanghong XVII

• 1986
  • Dongfanghong XVII (STTW 1)
  • Dongfanghong XIX

• 1987
  • Dongfanghong XX
  • Dongfanghong XXI

• 1988
  • Dongfanghong XXII (Chinasat 1)
  • Dongfanghong XXIII
  • Dongfanghong XXIV (Feng Yun 1-1)
  • Dongfanghong XXV (Chinasat 2)

• 1990
  • Dongfanghong XXVI (Chinasat 3)
  • Dongfanghong XXX (Feng Yun 1-2)
  • Dongfanghong XXXI (Atmosphere 1)
  • Dongfanghong XXXII (Atmosphere 2)
  • Dongfanghong XXXIII

• 1991
  • Dongfanghong XXXIV (Chinasat 4)

• 1992
  • Dongfanghong XXXV
  • Dongfanghong XXXVI

• 1993
  • Dongfanghong XXXVII (Jianbing 93)

• 1994
  • Dongfanghong XXXVIII (Shijian 4)
  • Dongfanghong XXXIX (Shijian 4-2)
  • Dongfanghong XL (FSW 2)
  • Dongfanghong XLI

• 1996
  • Dongfanghong XLII (Chinasat 7)
  • Dongfanghong XLIII (FSW 2-3)

• 1997
  • Dongfanghong XLIV (Chinasat 6)
  • Dongfanghong XLV (FY 2B)

• 1999
  • Dongfanghong XLVI (FY 1C)
  • Dongfanghong XLVII (SJ 5)

• 2000
  • Dongfanghong XLVIII (Chinasat 22)
  • Dongfanghong XLIX (FY 2C)
  • Dongfanghong L (ZY 2)
  • Dongfanghong LI (Beidou 1)
  • Dongfanghong LII (Beidou 2)

• 2002
  • Dongfanghong LIII (FY 1D)
  • Dongfanghong LIV (HY 1)
  • Dongfanghong LV (ZY 2)

See also

• Space program of China