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Tiantong-1 3
Communications satellite. Tiantong-1 3 was launched on January 19, 2021 aboard a Chang Zheng 3B from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tiantong-1 03 xing
- Common name
- Tiantong-1 3
- Payload designation
- Tiantong-1-02
- International designator
- 2021-003A
- NORAD catalog number
- 47321
- GCAT identifier
- S47321
- 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
- January 19, 2021 · 16:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-003Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3B
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 5.41°
- 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 Q122417785 (CC0).