ChinaSat 12

ChinaSat 12 (Chinese: 中星12号; pinyin: Zhōngxīng 12)[4][5][3][6] communications satellite is wholly owned by China Satellite Communications, with part of its communications payload leased or rented by SupremeSAT, a Sri Lankan company to be marketed to potential users as SupremeSAT-I.[7] Once operational, it will provide communications services for the China, Sri Lanka, East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australia and China sea area, the Indian Ocean region.[8]

ChinaSat 12
Illustration of ZX 15A
Mission typeCommunication
OperatorChina Satellite Communications
COSPAR ID2012-067A
SATCAT no.39017
Websiteenglish.csat.spacechina.com/n931903/c932043/content.html
Mission duration15 years
Spacecraft properties
BusSpacebus-4000C2[1]
ManufacturerThales Alenia Space
Launch mass5,054 kilograms (11,142 lb)
Power2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
Start of mission
Launch date27 November 2012 (2012-11-27)[2]
RocketLong March 3B/E[3]
Launch siteXichang LA-2
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude87.5° East
Transponders
Band28 C-band
28 Ku-band
Coverage areaChina
Sri Lanka
East Asia
South Asia
Middle East
Africa
Australia
China sea area
the Indian Ocean region.
 

ChinaSat 12 was also known as Apstar 7B (as a backup of Apstar 7), but acquired by China Satellite Communications from its subsidiary APT Satellite Holdings in 2010.[9] However, APT Satellite Holdings was contracted by its parent company as the operator of ChinaSat 12.[9]

Orbit

Following launch on 27 November 2012,[10] the satellite was placed into geosynchronous orbit and located at 51.5° East while being tested. On April 19, 2013, it started to move towards its operational location at 87.5° East.

The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space and has a designed life of 15 years.

  • Diagram of the Long March 3B, showing its outboard liquid rocket boosters.
  • The launch of a Long March 3B (similar to CZ-3B/E (Chang Zheng-3B/E))

References
  1. http://space.skyrocket.de
  2. http://www.satlaunch.net
  3. http://www.satbeams.com
  4. "中星12号" (in Chinese). China Satellite Communications. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. "ChinaSat 12" (in Chinese). China Satellite Communications. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. Chinasat-12 ex-Apstar 7b footprints
  7. Supreme Group pioneers Sri Lanka’s space industry Archived 2012-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Krebs, Gunter. "ZX 12 (ChinaSat 12, SupremeSat 1)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  9. "關連交易" (PDF) (Press release) (in Chinese). APT Satellite Holdings. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  10. 2012 - Launches to Orbit and Beyond
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