Payload
APSTAR-9
OperationalPayloadGEO
APSTAR-9 is a APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. payload satellite, launched on October 16, 2015 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 16, 2015 at 04:16 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B/E →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,795 km
- Periapsis
- 35,777 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.08 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- APT Satellite Holdings Ltd.
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,000 kg
- Power
- 10,500 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-059A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40982
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 88.2146 m²
- Status
- Operational
