Payload
ZHONGXING-18
NonoperationalPayloadMEONORAD 44493
ZHONGXING-18 is a China payload satellite, launched on August 19, 2019 into MEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 19, 2019 at 12:03 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B/E →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Zhongxing-18 (Chinasat-18)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 21,919 km
- Periapsis
- 170 km
- Inclination
- 28.48°
- Orbital period
- 381.44 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 5,250 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-053A
- NORAD catalog №
- 44493
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational