Payload
ZHONGXING-1C
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 41103
ZHONGXING-1C is a China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) payload satellite, launched on December 9, 2015 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 9, 2015 at 04:46 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B/E →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,121 km
- Periapsis
- 36,077 km
- Inclination
- 7.09°
- Orbital period
- 1452.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,000 kg
- Power
- 8,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-073A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41103
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 39.8107 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational