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Zhongxing 20
Zhongxing 20 was launched on November 14, 2003 aboard a Chang Zheng 3A from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2003-052ANORAD 28082China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Zhongxing 20
- Payload designation
- Shentong-1 01 xing
- Other names
- ZX-22A
- International designator
- 2003-052A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28082
- GCAT identifier
- S28082
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/475
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Shentong
- Owner
- PLA GAD
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- DFH-3
Launch
- Date
- November 14, 2003 · 16:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-052Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 3A
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,798 km
- Inclination
- 0.17°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 2017
- End of operations
- Dec 22, 2017
Size
- Mass
- 2,307 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,100 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 Q18327638 (CC0).