NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

ChinaSat-9

Launch Time
Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:15 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 5,924 kN
Payload to LEO: 11,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,100 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 54.84 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.0 m
Fairing Height: 9.56 m

Mission Details

ChinaSat-9

The ChinaSat 9 (Zhongxing 9, ZX 9) satellite, based on the Spacebus-4000C2 platform, will be fitted with 22 active Ku-band transponders for broadcast satellite services (BSS), including eighteen 36 MHz and four 54 MHz channels. ChinaSat 9 will weigh about 4,500 kilograms at liftoff and offer life power of about 11 kW. Positioned at 92.2 degrees East (or 134 degrees East), it will offer a design life of more than 15 years.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2008

28th orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

39th mission
2nd mission of 2008
34th successful mission
25th consecutive successful mission