ChinaSat-11

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:06:00

Wednesday May 1, 2013

Mission Details

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ChinaSat-11

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ZX 11 (Zhongxing 11, ChinaSat 11) is a communications satellite based on a DFH-4 bus. The spacecraft features a 15-year design lifetime and a 5234 kg launch mass. The satellite is equipped with 26 C-band and 19 Ku-band transponders, three receiver antennas, and two transmission antennas.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

5,234 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Long March 3B/E

Active Since 2007

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$29.15 million

Rocket

Height: 56.3m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 11,500 kg

GTO: 5,550 kg

Liftoff Thrust

5,986 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.2m

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


70th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2013

2013


21st

Orbital launch attempt