It marked the first time for the Long March rocket to successfully launch a foreign satellite.
China has already signed a contract to launch one foreign satellite with its Long March rocket.
Chinese investigators eventually reported that the defect was in the Long March rocket itself.
All satellites were put in orbit using the Long March rockets, most of them by the CZ-2C type.
Intelsat was using the Long March rocket for the first time to launch one of its satellites.
But strong competition has arisen, especially from China's Long March rocket.
The space-launch Long March rocket has its roots in the Dong Feng missile.
It is also the primary oxidizer for Russia's Proton rocket and China's Long March rockets.
Split the cost of a cluster of four Long March rockets.
The Russian Proton and the Chinese Long March rockets have the rest.