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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:06:00
Wednesday May 1, 2013
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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
Agency
CASCPrice
$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
70th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2013
21st
Orbital launch attempt