ZX 9 (ChinaSat 9)

ZX 9 [Alcatel]

The ChinaSat 9 (Zhongxing 9, ZX 9) satellite, based on the Spacebus-4000C2 platform, will be fitted with 22 active Ku-band transponders for broadcast satellite services (BSS), including eighteen 36-MHz and four 54-MHz channels. ChinaSat 9 will weigh about 4,500 kilograms at liftoff and offer life power of about 11 kW. Positioned at 92.2 degrees East (or 134 degrees East), it will offer a design life of more than 15 years.

This satellite will be launched by a Chinese CZ-3B rocket. Alcatel Space will be in charge of the launch campaign, orbital positioning, in-orbit tests and delivery of a satellite simulator.

Nation:	China
Type / Application:	Communication
Operator:	China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat)
Contractors:	Alcatel Alenia Space (formerly Alcatel Space)
Equipment:	22 active Ku-band transponders
Configuration:	Spacebus-4000C2
Propulsion:	S400
Power:	2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
Lifetime:	+15 years
Mass:	4500 kg
Orbit:	GEO

Satellite	Date	LS		Launch Vehicle	Remarks
ZX 9 (ChinaSat 9)	09.06.2008	Xi LC-2		CZ-3B

References:

Alcatel Space Website

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)