Payload
ZHONGXING-9
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 33051
ZHONGXING-9 is a China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) payload satellite, launched on June 9, 2008 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 9, 2008 at 12:15 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Zhongxing 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,804 km
- Periapsis
- 35,769 km
- Inclination
- 0.76°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom)
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4,466 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-028A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33051
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 19.9526 m²
- Status
- Operational