SinoSat 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

09:20:00

Saturday July 18, 1998

Mission Details

SinoSat 1

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Sino Satellite Communications was formed in 1994 with Chinese participation from the China Aerospace Corp (CASC), the Commission of Defence Science & Technology (COSTIND), the People's Bank of China, and the Government of Shanghai. Sino Satellite was formed in an effort to overturn ChinaSat's domination (along with the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications) of the Chinese satellite communications market. Aérospatiale built Xinnuo 1 (Sinosat 1) at its facilities in Cannes, with the delivery in November 1997 of the satellite to the customer, the Chinese-German company Euraspace, acting on behalf of Sinosatcom, a Chinese company. This was the fifth satellite using the Spacebus-3000A platform. It is a powerful three-axis satellite with a liftoff weight of 2,820 kg. Its solar array, spanning 26 meters, supplies over 5 kW to the payload of twenty-four C-band channels (36 MHz) and fourteen Ku-band channels (54 MHz). Three antennas, including two deployable antennas measuring 1.6 and 1.8 meters in diameter, and a 1 m in diameter fixed antenna, cover the targeted zone from an orbital position at 110.5°; East on the geostationary orbit, during a life span exceeding 15 years.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

2,820 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Long March 3B

Active 1996 to 2009

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Manufacturer

CASC

Rocket

Height: 54.84m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 11,500 kg

GTO: 5,100 kg

Liftoff Thrust

5,924 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4m

Height: 9.56m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

LC-2

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

18 days

Stats

Long March 3


20th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1998

1998


45th

Orbital launch attempt