曾被评为国家科技进步一等奖的我国东方红３号卫星，已在太空成功运行４年。“东三”储箱中的燃料足以保证卫星工作８年以上。 “东三”于１９９７年５月１０日在西昌发射升空，１０天后定点于东径１２５度赤道上空。４年来，该卫星的２４个通信转发器主要用于中国电信的公众通 China’s Dongfanghong-3, once awarded as the first prize of national science and technology progress, has been successfully operating in space for 4 years. The fuel in the “East Third” tank is enough to keep the satellite working for more than eight years. The “East Third” was launched at Xichang on May 10, 1997 and was fixed over the equator at 125 degrees east after 10 days. In the past four years, the 24 communications transponders of this satellite have been mainly used for the public communications of China Telecom