Payload
ZHONGXING-2C
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 41021
ZHONGXING-2C is a China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) payload satellite, launched on November 3, 2015 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- November 3, 2015 at 04:25 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
- 35,818 km
- Periapsis
- 35,755 km
- Inclination
- 0.26°
- Orbital period
- 1436.07 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Government/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-063A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41021
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 75.4609 m²
- Status
- Operational