我国于二月一日二十时三十六分,在卫星发射中心发射了一颗实用通信广播卫星。二月二十日十七时准确定点于东径一百零三度赤道上空。这颗卫星和“长征三号”运载火箭都是我国自行研制的。这是一九八四年四月八日以来,我国发射的第二颗地球同步卫星,它标志着我国已全面掌握运载火箭研制和发射、测控技术,卫星通信由试验阶段进入 At 2036 on February 1st, China launched a practical communications broadcast satellite at the satellite launch center. At 17 o'clock on the 20th of February, it was determined to be at the 103-degree equator of the East Route. This satellite and the “Long March 3” launch vehicle were all developed by China. This is the second geosynchronous satellite launched by our country since April 8, 1984. It marks that China has fully grasped the development, launch, and measurement and control technologies of launch vehicles. Satellite communications have entered the experimental phase.