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PSN 5
Retired Indonesian (formerly Chinese) geostationary communications satellite. PSN 5 was launched on July 18, 1998 aboard a Chang Zheng 3B from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (April 2009).
COSPAR 1998-044ANORAD 25404China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Xinnuo 1
- Common name
- PSN 5
- Other names
- Sinosat 1
- International designator
- 1998-044A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25404
- GCAT identifier
- S25404
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/475
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Sinosat
- Owner
- Sinosat
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 3000
Launch
- Date
- July 18, 1998 · 09:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-044Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3B
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 2009
- Last known active
- Jul 7, 2013
- End of operations
- Jul 7, 2013
Size
- Mass
- 2,832 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,150 kg
- Length
- 4.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14559260 (CC0).