ChinaSat 9

Summary

ChinaSat 9 is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• ChinaSat 9 is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• ChinaSat 9's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• ChinaSat 9's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[5].
• ChinaSat 9's operator is recorded as China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation^[6].
• ChinaSat 9's manufacturer is recorded as Alcatel Alenia Space^[7].
• ChinaSat 9's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2008-028A^[8].
• ChinaSat 9's space launch vehicle is recorded as Long March 3B^[9].
• ChinaSat 9's SCN is recorded as 33051^[10].
• ChinaSat 9's country of origin is recorded as France^[11].
• ChinaSat 9's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[12].
• ChinaSat 9's powered by is recorded as S400^[13].
• ChinaSat 9's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[14].
• ChinaSat 9's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2008-06-09T00:00:00Z^[15].
• ChinaSat 9's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047dwy4^[16].
• ChinaSat 9's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-4000C2^[17].
• ChinaSat 9's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[18].
• ChinaSat 9's start point is recorded as Xichang Satellite Launch Center^[19].
• ChinaSat 9's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+4500'}^[20].
• ChinaSat 9's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "33051"]^[21].
• ChinaSat 9's service life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+15'}^[22].
• ChinaSat 9's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2008-028A^[23].

Why It Matters

ChinaSat 9 ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]