Zhongwei 1 (ChinaStar 1) → ZX 5A (ChinaSat 5A)
Zhongwei 1 [Lockheed Martin]
The Zhongwei 1 (Chinastar 1) satellite, an A2100A class comsat built by Lockheed Martin for the China Orient Telecommunications Satellite Co., part of the Chinese telecoms ministry. Zhongwei 1 will serve China, India, Korea and southeast Asia with 18 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders. It was orbited on a CZ-3B launch vehicle using a supersynchronous transfer orbit.
In 2010, the satellite was taken over by China Satcom and renamed ZX 5A (ChinaSat 5A).
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | China Orient Telecommunications Satellite Company → China Satcom |
| Contractors: | Lockheed Martin |
| Equipment: | 18 C-band transponders, 20 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | A2100A |
| Propulsion: | LEROS-1C |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 2984 kg (1418 kg BOL) |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhongwei 1 (ChinaStar 1) → ZX 5A (ChinaSat 5A) | 30.05.1998 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-3B |
Further ZX (ChinaSat) missions:
- ZX 1, 2, 3, 4 (DFH-2A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (DFH-2 Bus)
- ZX 1A (ChinaSat 1A, FH 2A) (DFH-4 Bus)
- ZX 2A (ChinaSat 2A, ST 2) (DFH-4 Bus)
- ZX 5, 5R (ChinaSat 5, 5R) (AS-3000)
- ZX 5A (ChinaSat 5A) (A2100A)
- ZX 5B (ChinaSat 5B) (Spacebus-3000A)
- ZX 5C (ChinaSat 5C) (DFH-3 Bus)
- ZX 5D, 5E (ChinaSat 5D, 5E) (HS-376)
- ZX 6 (ChinaSat 6) (DFH-3 Bus)
- ZX 6A (ChinaSat 6A) (DFH-4 Bus)
- ZX 6B (ChinaSat 6B) (Spacebus-4000C2)
- ZX 7 (ChinaSat 7) (HS-376)
- ZX 8 (ChinaSat 8) (LS-1300)
- ZX 9 (ChinaSat 9) (Spacebus-4000C2)
- ZX 9A (ChinaSat 9A) (DFH-4 Bus)
- ZX 10 (ChinaSat 10) (DFH-4 Bus)
- ZX 11 (ChinaSat 11) (DFH-4 Bus)
- ZX 12 (ChinaSat 12) → ZX 15A (Spacebus-4000C2)
- ZX 15 (ChinaSat 15) (DFH-4 Bus)
- ZX 20, 20A (ST 1, 1B) (DFH-3 Bus)
- ZX 22, 22A (FH 1A, 1B) (DFH-3 Bus)
