NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

ChinaSat-11

Launch Time
Wed May 01, 2013 16:06 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
Details

Mission Details

ChinaSat-11

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,234.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Location

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

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Stats

2013

21st orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

70th mission
1st mission of 2013
64th successful mission
27th consecutive successful mission