Payload
ZHONGXING-3A
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 60179
ZHONGXING-3A is a China payload satellite, launched on June 29, 2024 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 29, 2024 at 11:57 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Wenchang, China
- Launched by
- Long March 7A →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- ChinaSat 3A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,792 km
- Periapsis
- 35,782 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 5,000 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-122A
- NORAD catalog №
- 60179
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational