Xinnuo 2

retired

鑫诺二号

CommunicationsGEOCOSPAR 2006-048ALaunched 10/28/2006

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Xinnuo-2
Launch Vehicle: Long March 3B
Launch Date: 10/28/2006
Last Contact: 6/22/2008

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: GEO
Altitude: 35,786.5 km
Inclination: 0.25 deg
Dry Mass: 2,500 kg
Total Mass: 5,107 kg

Payload Classification

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

Organizations

Operator: China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. (China Satcom)
Manufacturer: China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2006-048A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/566

Track

Mentions

1

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

Two of 21 DFH-4-based satellites previously launched suffered solar array issues that led to the failure of NigComSat-1 in 2008 and the loss of Xinnuo 2 (SinoSat-2) in 2006.

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