Chinasat 16

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Chinasat 16
Start date April 11, 2017 at 11:04 UTC
Launcher Long march 3B
Launch site Xichang LC2 launch site
COSPAR-ID : 2017-018A
Takeoff mass 4.6 t
Manufacturer China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
Satellite bus DFH-3B
lifespan 15 years
Stabilization Three-axis stabilization
operator ChinaSat
Playback information
Transponder 13 Ka-band transponders
Others
Electrical power 1.7 kW
position
First position 110.5 ° East
List of geostationary satellites

Chinasat 16 (Shijian-13, ZX-16) is an experimental Chinese communications satellite .

It was placed in geostationary orbit on April 11, 2017 at 11:04 UTC by a Long March 3B launcher from the Xichang rocket launch site .

The three-axis stabilized satellite is equipped with 13 Ka-band transponders (20 GB / s with 26 beams) and is supposed to provide internet and multimedia services from a position of 110.5 ° East from China and surrounding areas. The satellite also has a laser communication terminal from the satellite to the ground and electric engines. These essentially comprise four xenon engines of the type LIPS-200 which were founded in 1962 by the Lanzhou Institute of Physics (LIP) in Lanzhou, which was founded in 1962, with a diameter of around 200 millimeters and a nominal thrust of the engines, each mounted in pairs on small arms 40 millinewtons. The specific impulse stated is 3,136 seconds, and the power requirement 1,200 watts during operation. It was built on the basis of the DFH-3B satellite bus of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and has a planned service life of 15 years.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b nasaspaceflight.com: Long March 3B launches experimental ChinaSat-16 satellite | NASASpaceFlight.com , accessed April 22, 2017
  2. ↑ Spaceflight Now: China's highest-capacity communications satellite launched into orbit , accessed April 22, 2017
  3. ↑ raumfahrer.net: China: Shijian 13 alias ChinaSat 16 launched , accessed on April 22, 2017