CHINASAT 9A

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NORAD ID: 42763

Int'l Code: 2017-035A

Perigee: 35,912.2 km

Apogee: 35,949.6 km

Inclination: 5.0 °

Period: 1,443.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42301 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 18, 2017
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

CHINASAT 9A is a Chinese satellite that was supposed to enter service in geostationary orbit over the equator at 101.4 degree east longitude. The satellite's 24 Ku-band transponders are designed to provide television broadcasts and other media services to China Satcom customers in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Based on the DFH-4 satellite design built by the China Academy of Space Technology, Chinasat 9A was intended to be China's first domestically-made communications satellite for direct-to-home television broadcasting. Unfortunately the launch of CHINASAT 9A satellite atop a Long March 3B rocket did not reach its planned orbital destination.

1 42763U 17035A   26163.23667006 -.00000243  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 42763   4.9709  75.2887 0004421 323.0373 248.0425  0.99784349 33602

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC