Zhongxing 9

Success CASC, Long March 3B

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Mission

Communications · Direct-GEO

Chinese geostationary communications satellite

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbit
ZHONGXING-9 2008-028A Payload 35749 × 35825 km · 1.0° Globe
CZ-3B R/B 2008-028B Rocket body re-entered 2014-01-16

COSPAR ID 2008-028 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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