Payload
ZHONGXING-6A
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 37150
ZHONGXING-6A is a China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) payload satellite, launched on September 4, 2010 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 4, 2010 at 04:14 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,957 km
- Periapsis
- 35,942 km
- Inclination
- 4.21°
- Orbital period
- 1444.43 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,100 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 3.6 × 2.4 × 2.4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-042A
- NORAD catalog №
- 37150
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 63.0957 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational