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Chinasat 1C
41103. Chinasat 1C was launched on December 9, 2015 aboard a Chang Zheng 3B from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-073ANORAD 41103China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Zhongxing 1C
- Common name
- Chinasat 1C
- Payload designation
- Fenghuo-2 03 xing?
- International designator
- 2015-073A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41103
- GCAT identifier
- S41103
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/789
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Fenghuo
- Owner
- PLA GAD
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- DFH-4?
Launch
- Date
- December 9, 2015 · 16:46 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-073Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3B
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 25, 2023
- End of operations
- May 26, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q21710918 (CC0).