ChinaSat 12
Communications satellite
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Illustration of ZX 15A
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Mission type | Communication |
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Operator | China Satellite Communications |
COSPAR ID |
2012-067A
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SATCAT no. |
39017
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Website |
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Mission duration | 15 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | Spacebus-4000C2 [1] |
Manufacturer | Thales Alenia Space |
Launch mass | 5,054 kilograms (11,142 lb) |
Power | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 November 2012 ( 2012-11-27 ) [2] |
Rocket | Long March 3B/E [3] |
Launch site | Xichang LA-2 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 87.5° East |
Transponders | |
Band |
28 C-band
28 Ku-band |
Coverage area |
China
Sri Lanka East Asia South Asia Middle East Africa Australia China sea area the Indian Ocean region. |
The ChinaSat 12 ( Chinese : 中星12号 ; pinyin : Zhōngxīng 12 ) [4] [5] [3] [6] communications satellite is wholly owned by China Satellite Communications , with part of its communications payload leased or rented by SupremeSAT , a Sri Lankan company, to be marketed to potential users as SupremeSAT-I . [7] Once operational, it will provide communications services for the China, Sri Lanka, East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australia, and China sea area, the Indian Ocean region. [8]
ChinaSat 12 was also known as Apstar 7B (as a backup of Apstar 7 ), but acquired by China Satellite Communications from its subsidiary APT Satellite Holdings in 2010. [9] However, APT Satellite Holdings was contracted by its parent company as the operator of ChinaSat 12. [9]
Orbit
Following launch on 27 November 2012, [10] the satellite was placed into geosynchronous orbit and located at 51.5° East while being tested. On April 19, 2013, it started to move towards its operational location at 87.5° East. [ citation needed ]
The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space and has a designed life of 15 years.
Gallery
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Diagram of the Long March 3B, showing its outboard liquid rocket boosters.
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The launch of a Long March 3B (similar to CZ-3B/E (Chang Zheng-3B/E))
References
- ↑ http://space.skyrocket.de
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- ↑ "中星12号" (in Chinese). China Satellite Communications. 2 December 2014 . Retrieved 25 July 2017 .
- ↑ "ChinaSat 12" (in Chinese). China Satellite Communications. 27 May 2015 . Retrieved 25 July 2017 .
- ↑ "Chinasat-12 ex-Apstar 7b footprints" . Archived from the original on 2012-11-27 . Retrieved 2012-11-21 .
- ↑ Supreme Group pioneers Sri Lanka’s space industry Archived 2012-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "ZX 12 (ChinaSat 12, SupremeSat 1)" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved 22 November 2012 .
- 1 2 "關連交易" (PDF) (Press release) (in Chinese). APT Satellite Holdings. 25 September 2012 . Retrieved 25 July 2017 .
- ↑ 2012 - Launches to Orbit and Beyond
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