NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Partial Failure

ChinaSat-9A

Launch Time
Sun Jun 18, 2017 16:11 UTC

Failure in control of roll-control RCS thrusters of 3rd stage during the coast phase caused 2nd burn of 3rd stage performed in improper attitude. The payload was deployed into the wrong orbit but managed to recover by its own engines.

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-9A

In response to the growing demand of the regional market, Sinosat was adding a new member, Xinnuo 2 (Sinosat 2), to its fleet of satellites. With 24 Ku-band transponders on board, Sinosat-2 was the first spacecraft based on the Chinese high-power satellite platform, known as DFH-4.

To ensure the time schedule and performance requirements, the telecommunication payload of the Sinosat-2 payload was imported from Alcatel.

Sinosat-2 was to be delivered in the first half of 2005. Launched in October 2006, the lifetime of Sinosat-2 was to be 15 years. The new satellite will serve the need for TV broadcasting, DirectPC, and broadband multimedia systems in China as well as the neighboring areas.

Reportedly the satellite failed to deploy its solar arrays after reaching geostationary orbit.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,100.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Location

LC-2, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

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Stats

2017

37th orbital launch attempt

Long March 3

93rd mission
3rd mission of 2017