ChinaSat 9
{{Short description|Chinese communications satellite}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = ChinaSat 9
| names_list = ZX-9
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| mission_type = Communications
| operator = China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation
| COSPAR_ID = 2008-028A
| SATCAT = 33051
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| mission_duration = 15 years (planned)
{{time interval|9 June 2008 12:15|show=ymd|sep=,}}
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| spacecraft_bus = Spacebus 4000C2
| manufacturer = Thales Alenia Space
| launch_mass = {{cvt|4500|kg}}{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/zx-9.htm|title=ZX 9 (Chinasat 9)|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=2008-06-09}}
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| launch_date = 9 June 2008, 12:15:04 UTC
| launch_rocket = Long March 3B
| launch_contractor = China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
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| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit
| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit
| orbit_longitude = 92.2° East
| apsis = gee
| trans_band = 22 Ku-band transponders
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ChinaSat 9 ({{zh|s=中星9号|p=Zhōngxīng Jiǔhào}}),{{cite web|url=http://www.chinasatcom.com/n782704/c791204/content.html|title= 中星9号|date=2 December 2014|access-date=25 July 2017|work=China Satellite Communications|language=Chinese}} also known as ZX-9, is a Chinese communications satellite.
Launch
It was launched from pad 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on 9 June 2008, at 12:15:04 UTC, by a Long March 3B launch vehicle.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/06/cz-3b-chang-zheng-3b-launches-chinasat-9/ |title=CZ-3B Chang Zheng-3B launches ChinaSat-9|last=Barbosa|first=Rui C.|date=2008-06-09|publisher=NASASpaceFlight.com|access-date=2008-06-09}} It is based on the Spacebus 4000C2 satellite bus, and was constructed in France by Thales Alenia Space in its Cannes Mandelieu Space Center.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/09/content_8334551.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613031839/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/09/content_8334551.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2008|title=China launches French-built satellite|last=Yuxia|first=Jiang|date=2008-06-09|publisher=Xinhua|access-date=2008-06-09}} It is one of several ChinaSat spacecraft in orbit.
Mission
It was launched to act as a relay satellite for the 2008 Olympic Games, and will subsequently be used for general communications. Equipped with 22 Ku-band transponders, it was placed in geosynchronous orbit at a longitude of 92.2° East.
{{wikinews|Long March 3B rocket launches Chinasat-9 satellite}}
References
{{Portal|Spaceflight|China}}
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{{Chinese satellites}}
{{Orbital launches in 2008}}
Category:Communications satellites of China
Category:Spacecraft launched in 2008
Category:Satellites orbiting Earth
Category:Satellites using the Spacebus bus
Category:Spacecraft launched by Long March rockets
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