Payload
ZHONGXING-6B
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
ZHONGXING-6B is a China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) payload satellite, launched on July 5, 2007 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 5, 2007 at 12:08 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Zhongxing 6B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,158 km
- Periapsis
- 36,100 km
- Inclination
- 2.43°
- Orbital period
- 1453.63 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom)
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Government/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,600 kg
- Power
- 9,500 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2007-031A
- NORAD catalog №
- 31800
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 17.8038 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational