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ZHONGXING-9A

NORAD 42763 · Payload · In orbit since 2017

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Launched
2017-06-18 · Xichang, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
5,250 kg
Size
5 × 2.5 m · 30 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,911 × 35,938 km
Inclination
5.1°
Period
1442.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0003
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.