NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TJSW-5

Launch Time
Tue Jan 07, 2020 15:20 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $29.15 million
Liftoff Thrust: 5,986 kN
Payload to LEO: 11,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 5,550 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 56.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.2 m
Fairing Height: 9.56 m

Mission Details

TJSW-5

TJS 5 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan) is a Chinese geostationary satellite.

The satellite was built by SAST. According to the public announcement, the satellite will be mainly used to conduct a test on high-speed/multi-frequency wide-band data transfer communication.

The lack of public information has led to the suspicion that this satellite has a military mission. The published image of the satellite does not fit a communications satellite. It has been speculated that it might be in fact a military Huoyan-1 early warning satellite.

Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2020

2nd orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

122nd mission
1st mission of 2020
115th successful mission
29th consecutive successful mission