June 18, 2017 at 4:11 PM UTC
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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June 18, 2017 at 4:11 PM UTC
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 28.2455, 102.0268
ChinaSat-9A is based on the DFH-4 satellite platform and is to provide direct broadcast services with eighteen 36MHz and four 54MHz BSS Ku band transponders. Together with ChinaSat-9 direct broadcast satellite, ChinaSat 9A is designed to serve the radio and TV transmission, digital film and digital broadband multi-media system as well as information and entertainment broadcasting market.
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Long March 3B/E | Chinasat-9A (Zhongxing-9A) Launch
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Height
56.3 m
Diameter
3.35 m
LEO capacity
12,000 kg
Successful launches
76
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is a spaceport in China. It is located in Zeyuan Town, northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan.
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