ZX 6C (ChinaSat 6C) (original) (raw)
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ZX 6C [China Satcom]
ZX 6C (Zhongxing 6C, ChinaSat 6C) is a Chinese communications satellite based upon a DFH-4 bus.
The Chinasat 6C satellite provides commercial communications services with twenty-five C-band transponders and supports high-quality and reliable uplink and downlink transmissions of programs for the radio and TV stations and cable TV networks. It will be positioned at the orbital slot of 130� East.
The satellite is being manufactured by CAST and will be launched onboard a CZ-3B/G3 launch vehicle. The satellite is to be launched and to provide services in 2019.
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | China Satcom |
| Contractors: | CAST |
| Equipment: | 25 C-band transponder |
| Configuration: | DFH-4 bus |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZX 6C (ChinaSat 6C) | 2019-012A | 09.03.2019 | Xi LC-3 | CZ-3B/G3 |
Further ZX (ChinaSat) missions:
- ZX 1, 2, 3, 4 (DFH-2A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) [DFH-2 Bus]
- ZX 1A, 1B, 1C (ChinaSat 1A, 1B, 1C / FH 2A, 2B, 2C) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E (ChinaSat 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E / ST 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 5, 5R (ChinaSat 5, 5R) [AS-3000]
- ZX 5A (ChinaSat 5A) [A2100A]
- ZX 5B (ChinaSat 5B) [Spacebus-3000A]
- ZX 5C (ChinaSat 5C) [DFH-3 Bus]
- ZX 5D, 5E (ChinaSat 5D, 5E) [HS-376]
- ZX 6 (ChinaSat 6) [DFH-3 Bus]
- ZX 6A (ChinaSat 6A) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 6B (ChinaSat 6B) [Spacebus-4000C2]
- ZX 6C (ChinaSat 6C) [DFH-4 bus]
- ZX 6D (ChinaSat 6D) [DFH-4E bus]
- ZX 6E (ChinaSat 6E) [DFH-4E bus]
- ZX 7 (ChinaSat 7) [HS-376]
- ZX 8 (ChinaSat 8) [SSL-1300]
- ZX 9 (ChinaSat 9) [Spacebus-4000C2]
- ZX 9A (ChinaSat 9A) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 9B (ChinaSat 9B) [DFH-4E bus]
- ZX 10 (ChinaSat 10) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 11 (ChinaSat 11) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 12 (ChinaSat 12) → ZX 15A [Spacebus-4000C2]
- ZX 15 (ChinaSat 15) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 16 (ChinaSat 16, SJ 13) [DFH-3B bus]
- ZX 18 (ChinaSat 18) [DFH-4E bus]
- ZX 19 (ChinaSat 19) [DFH-4E bus ?]
- ZX 20, 20A (ST 1, 1B) [DFH-3 Bus]
- ZX 22, 22A (FH 1A, 1B) [DFH-3 Bus]
- ZX 26 (ChinaSat 26) [DFH-4E bus]