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Chinasat 7
Chinasat 7 was launched on August 18, 1996 aboard a Chang Zheng 3 from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (1999).
COSPAR 1996-048ANORAD 24282China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Zhongxing 7
- Common name
- Chinasat 7
- Other names
- Chinasat 7
- International designator
- 1996-048A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24282
- GCAT identifier
- S24282
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/475
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- ZX
- Owner
- Chinasat
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- August 18, 1996 · 10:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-048Failure · 0.4
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC3?
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 21,666 km
- Apogee
- 46,505 km
- Inclination
- 26.31°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- 1999
- Last known active
- November 1996
- End of operations
- November 1996
Size
- Mass
- 754 kg
- Dry mass
- 600 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,384 kg
- Length
- 8.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 8.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16943269 (CC0).