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Designator id: 1998-044A

Description of SINOSAT 1 Satellite:

Sinosat 1 (also known as Zhongwei 1) was launched from the Xichang space conplex aboard a Long March 3B rocket. It was a Chinese geosynchronous communications spacecraft that carried 24 C-band and 14 Ku-band transponders to provide voice and video communications to the Asia-Pacific region after parking at 110.5 deg E.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1998-07-18
Launch Vehicle: Long March 3B
Launch Site: Xichang, Peoples Republic of China
Mass: 2820.0 kg

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Peoples Republic of China)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 25404U 98044A   12338.52261075 -.00000223  00000-0  10000-3 0   864
2 25404 001.0692 075.5452 0006180 159.9655 171.4906 01.00273500 52843

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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