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SinoSat 3
SinoSat 3 was launched on May 31, 2007 aboard a Chang Zheng 3A from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (April 2009).
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Xinnuo 3
- Common name
- SinoSat 3
- Other names
- Sinosat 3
- International designator
- 2007-021A
- NORAD catalog number
- 31577
- GCAT identifier
- S31577
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/566
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Sinosat
- Owner
- Sinosat
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- DFH-3
Launch
- Date
- May 31, 2007 · 16:08 UTC
- Launch record
- 2007-021Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3A
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC3?
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.27°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 2009
- Last known active
- June 2014
- End of operations
- November 2014
Size
- Mass
- 2,320 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,060 kg
- Length
- 5.7 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 18.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q9337182 (CC0).