Payload
ZHONGXING-9A
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 42763
ZHONGXING-9A is a China payload satellite, launched on June 18, 2017 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 18, 2017 at 04:11 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B/E →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Zhongxing-9A (Chinasat-9A)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,942 km
- Periapsis
- 35,905 km
- Inclination
- 4.97°
- Orbital period
- 1443.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 5,250 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-035A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42763
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational