Zhongxing 15A

Summary

Zhongxing 15A 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

• Zhongxing 15A is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Zhongxing 15A's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• Zhongxing 15A's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite^[5].
• Zhongxing 15A's operator is recorded as China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd.^[6].
• Zhongxing 15A's manufacturer is recorded as Thales Alenia Space^[7].
• Zhongxing 15A's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2012-067A^[8].
• Zhongxing 15A's space launch vehicle is recorded as Long March 3B^[9].
• Zhongxing 15A's SCN is recorded as 39017^[10].
• Zhongxing 15A's country of origin is recorded as France^[11].
• Zhongxing 15A's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[12].
• Zhongxing 15A's powered by is recorded as S400^[13].
• Zhongxing 15A's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[14].
• Zhongxing 15A's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2012-11-27T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Zhongxing 15A's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nfvt5s^[16].
• Zhongxing 15A's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-4000C2^[17].
• Zhongxing 15A's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[18].
• Zhongxing 15A's described at URL is recorded as https://www.lyngsat.com/ChinaSat-12.html^[19].
• Zhongxing 15A's start point is recorded as Xichang Satellite Launch Center^[20].
• Zhongxing 15A's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+5054'}^[21].
• Zhongxing 15A's service life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+15'}^[22].
• Zhongxing 15A's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2012-067A^[23].

Why It Matters

Zhongxing 15A ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]