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Belintersat 1 (ZX 15, ChinaSat 15)
Belintersat 1 [CAST]
Belarus has contracted in September 2011 with CAST to manufacture and launch a communications satellite called Belintersat 1 (formerly referred as Belarus Sat 1).
The satellite is based on the DFH-4 Bus and has 38 C- and Ku-band transponders, of which 34 are 36 MHz- and 4 are 54 MHz-bandwidth. Thales Alenia Space is the supplier of the BELINTERSAT-1 communications payload.
Some of the transponders have been sold to China Satcom and are marketed under the designation ZX 15 or ChinaSat-15.
The satellite was successfully launched on 15 January 2016 on a Chinese CZ-3B/G2 booster.
| Nation: | Belarus |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | Belintersat |
| Contractors: | CAST |
| Equipment: | 20 C-band transponders, 18 Ku-band transponders |
| Configuration: | DFH-4 Bus |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | 5223 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belintersat 1 (ZX 15, ChinaSat 15) | 2016-001A | 15.01.2016 | Xi LC-3 | CZ-3B/G2 |
References:
- Belintersat: Belintersat-1
Further ZX (ChinaSat) missions:
- ZX 1, 2, 3, 4 (DFH-2A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) [DFH-2 Bus]
- ZX 1A, 1B, 1C (ChinaSat 1A, 1B, 1C / FH 2A, 2B, 2C) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E (ChinaSat 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E / ST 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E) [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 6C (ChinaSat 6C) [DFH-4 bus]
- ZX 6D (ChinaSat 6D) [DFH-4E bus]
- ZX 6E (ChinaSat 6E) [DFH-4E bus]
- ZX 7 (ChinaSat 7) [HS-376]
- ZX 8 (ChinaSat 8) [SSL-1300]
- ZX 9 (ChinaSat 9) [Spacebus-4000C2]
- ZX 9A (ChinaSat 9A) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 9B (ChinaSat 9B) [DFH-4E 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 16 (ChinaSat 16, SJ 13) [DFH-3B bus]
- ZX 18 (ChinaSat 18) [DFH-4E bus]
- ZX 19 (ChinaSat 19) [DFH-4E bus ?]
- ZX 20, 20A (ST 1, 1B) [DFH-3 Bus]
- ZX 22, 22A (FH 1A, 1B) [DFH-3 Bus]
- ZX 26 (ChinaSat 26) [DFH-4E bus]
