
Tiantong-1 [CAST]
Tiantong-1 is a Chinese geostationary mobile comsat operated by China SatCom.
Reportedly it carries a S-band mobile communications payload with a large unfurlable dish antenna.
Details are not known.
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communications ? |
| Operator: | China SatCom |
| Contractors: | CAST |
| Equipment: | S-band mobile payload |
| Configuration: | DFH-4 Bus ? |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | ~5400 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiantong-1 01 | 2016-048A | 05.08.2016 | Xi LC-3 | CZ-3B/G3 | ||
| Tiantong-1 02 | 2020-082A | 12.11.2020 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-3B/G3 | ||
| Tiantong-1 03 | 2021-003A | 19.01.2021 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-3B/G3 | ||
| Tiantong-1 04 | - | 2025 | Xi | CZ-3B/G3 |
