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ZX 26 [CAST]
ZX 26 (Zhongxing 26, ChinaSat 26) is a Chinese communications satellite based upon a DFH-4E bus.
The Chinasat 26 is China's first high-throughput satellite with a capacity of over 100 Gbps.
It mainly provides high-speed broadband network communications and Internet access services for aviation, navigation, emergency, universal services, energy, forestry and grassland industries. The Ka -band high-throughput communication payload designed on the satellite mainly covers the entire territory of China and surrounding waters, parts of Russia, Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Japan, Indonesia, India, the Indian Ocean and other regions.
The satellite was manufactured by CAST and was launched onboard a CZ-3B/G2 launch vehicle on 23 February 2023.
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | China Satcom |
| Contractors: | CAST |
| Equipment: | Ka-band HTS payload |
| Configuration: | DFH-4E bus |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 15 years |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | GEO (planned) |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZX 26 (ChinaSat 26) | 2023-023A | 23.02.2023 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-3B/G2 |
Launch Sites:
- Xi = Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China
References:
- China Satellite Communications Co. Ltd.: Subsequent Satellite
- 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 9C (ChinaSat 9C) [DFH-4E bus]
- ZX 10 (ChinaSat 10) [DFH-4 Bus]
- ZX 10R (ChinaSat 10R) [DFH-4E 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]
