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Zhongxing 22

retired

中星-22号

CommunicationsGEOCOSPAR 2000-003ALaunched 1/25/2000

Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Zhongxing-22
Launch Vehicle: Long March 3A
Launch Date: 1/25/2000
Last Contact: 11/28/2012

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: GEO
Altitude: 35,788 km
Inclination: 0.71 deg
Dry Mass: 1,100 kg
Total Mass: 2,320 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Communications
Payload Category: COM
Payload Class: D

Organizations

Operator: Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Manufacturer: China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)

Constellation

Name: Fenghuo military communications
Active Satellites: 5

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2000-003A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/475