Chinasat 10
| Chinasat 10 | |
|---|---|
| Start date | June 20, 2011 |
| Launcher | Long march 3B |
| Launch site | Xichang |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2011-026A |
| Takeoff mass | 5,100 kg |
| Manufacturer | Chinese Academy of Space Technology |
| Satellite bus | DFH-4 |
| lifespan | 13.5 years |
| operator | CHINA DBSAT |
| Playback information | |
| Transponder | 30 C and 16 Ku bands |
| Others | |
| Electrical power | unknown |
| position | |
| First position | 110.5 ° East |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Chinasat 10 (ZX 10, SinoSat 5) is a commercial Chinese communications satellite .
It was placed in geostationary orbit on June 20, 2011 at 4:13 pm UTC by a Long March 3B launcher from the Xichang launch site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Around 26 minutes after take-off, Chinasat 10 was separated from the last rocket stage and placed in a super-synchronous transfer orbit with an inclination of around 26.3 °.
It is to serve from the position 110.5 ° East for the China Direct Broadcast Satellite Corporation (CHINA DBSAT) or China Satcom as a replacement for the Chinasat 5B (SinoSat 1) launched on July 18, 1998 and from there with C and Ku-band transponders provide users in the Asian and Pacific regions with telecommunications services. The transponders were supplied by Thales Alenia Space . The satellite, built by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST) under the direction of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), is based on the Chinese DFH-4 satellite bus . Its launch mass is around 5,100 kilograms and its planned lifespan is 13.5 years, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Web links
- China DBSat: Operator website ( Memento from August 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- China Satcom: Chinasat 10 ( Memento from August 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gunter Dirk Krebs: ZX 10 (Chinasat 10). In: Gunter's Space Page. June 21, 2011, accessed June 24, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Thomas Weyrauch: Chinasat 10 in space. raumfahrer.net, June 20, 2011, accessed June 24, 2011 .
- ↑ Rui C. Barbosa: Long March 3B launches with ChinaSat-10. nasaspaceflight.com, June 19, 2011, accessed June 24, 2011 .