APSTAR-9
| APSTAR-9 | |
|---|---|
| Start date | October 15, 2015 at 4:16 pm |
| Launcher | Long March-3B / G2 |
| Launch site | Xichang Cosmodrome |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2015-059A |
| Takeoff mass | 5.2 t |
| Dimensions | 2.360 x 2.1 x 3.6 m |
| Manufacturer | China Academy of Space Technology |
| Satellite bus | DFH-4 |
| lifespan | 15 years |
| Stabilization | Three-axis stabilization |
| operator | China Academy of Space Technology |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 14 Ku-band and 32 C-band transponders |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | 10.5 kW (EOL) and 8 kW for the payload |
| position | |
| First position | 142 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
APSTAR-9 is a commercial communications satellite the company APT Satellite of Hong Kong .
He was born on October 15, 2015 at 16:16 UTC with a Long March-3B / G2 - carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in a geostationary brought orbit and to the 1998 launched APSTAR-9A replace.
The three-axis stabilized satellite with 14 Ku-band - and 32 C-band - transponders fitted to and from the position of 142.0 ° East provide telecommunications services in parts of Asia and the Pacific. The Ku-band transponders were specially developed for broadband communication to ships and aircraft in the West Pacific region and in areas around the Indian Ocean. The C-band with two broad transmission ranges is used for television broadcasts and broadband communication. Part of the C-band transmission capacity is leased to the Malaysian TS Global Network for its Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and is marketed as MySat-1. The satellite was built on the basis of the DFH-4 satellite bus of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) together with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and has a planned service life of 15 years. The cost of developing and launching the satellite was $ 211 million. The ground segment for monitoring and controlling APStar 9 was developed by the China Satellite Launch & Tracking Control General (CLTC), also known as BITTT for the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b nasaspaceflight: APSTAR-9 rides uphill on China's Long March 3B , accessed October 24, 2015
- ↑ spaceflight101.com: MySat-1 , accessed October 24, 2015
- ↑ raumfahrer.net: China: Start for APT Satellite and new order , accessed on October 24, 2015