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Tiantong-1 2
Communications satellite. Tiantong-1 2 was launched on November 12, 2020 aboard a Chang Zheng 3B from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiantong-1 02 xing
- Common name
- Tiantong-1 2
- Payload designation
- Tiantong-1-02
- International designator
- 2020-082A
- NORAD catalog number
- 46916
- GCAT identifier
- S46916
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1033
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Tiantong
- Owner
- CAST
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- DFH-4
Launch
- Date
- November 12, 2020 · 15:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-082Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3B
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,792 km
- Inclination
- 5.36°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 3, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 5,200 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 Q122417769 (CC0).