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Zhongxing-10 (ZX-10)

China (PR)

Spacecraft nº:

Chinese spacecraft nº: 158

Also called: ChinaSat-10 and Xinnuo-5 (Sinosat-5)

Prime manufactor	Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
Platform
Operator	China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom)
Mass at launch	5000 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power
Design lifetime	15 yrs - still active

Date	Position	Remarks
Sept 2011	110.50° E

Close-up on Chinasat-10 and its solar array (source:CASC)

Chinasat 10 is a television broadcasting and broadband communications satellite. China Satcom will be the satellite's primary operator during its 15-year service life. The satellite is based on the DFH-4 communications satellite bus built by the China Academy of Space Technology. It replaces the Chinasat 5B satellite launched in 1998. China Satcom's website says Chinasat 10 will provide communications, broadcasting, data transmission, digital broadband multimedia system and media streaming services across China and neighboring countries. Chinasat 10 carries a payload of C-band and Ku-band transponders.

China's Zhongxing-10 (ChinaSat-10) communications satellite was launched on June 20. ZX-10 is also known as Xinnuo-5 (Sinosat-5), following the merger of the Sinosat and ChinaSat organizations. Zhongxing-10 was in a 35775 x 35797 km x 0.2 deg orbit over 103.5E as of Jul 3, 2011.
The 3rd stage reentered March 4, 2012 at 1548UTC ± 1 minute over the Gulf of Guinea (2°N 9°E), ascending, inclined 25.8°

Ref.: #6n, #7(JR643), #226, #228 - update: 19.02.14