The satellite was carried aloft on the Long March 3B rocket, which took the SinoSat-6 into a geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after the launch. In the following days, Xi'an Satellite Control Center and the Yuanwang tracking ship will manipulate the satellite's position and transfer it to enter the geostationary orbit, China's official newsagency Xinhua reported. SinoSat-6 has a designed lifespan of 15 years and will eventually work at longitude 126.4 degrees East, about 35,700 kilometres above the equator, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), the satellite's researcher and producer. It will mainly serve for relaying TV and radio live broadcast signals and will greatly improve cultural life for people living in remote and mountainous regions. China launched the first in the SinoSat series, SinoSat-1, in 1998. The SinoSat-2 was launched in 2006 but malfunctioned as it failed to deploy its solar panels and communication antennae.
Satnews Daily
September 7th, 2010
China... SinoSat-6 Sent Spacewards... (Launch)
[SatNews] China has successfully launched its "SinoSat-6" satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellite was carried aloft on the Long March 3B rocket, which took the SinoSat-6 into a geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after the launch. In the following days, Xi'an Satellite Control Center and the Yuanwang tracking ship will manipulate the satellite's position and transfer it to enter the geostationary orbit, China's official newsagency Xinhua reported. SinoSat-6 has a designed lifespan of 15 years and will eventually work at longitude 126.4 degrees East, about 35,700 kilometres above the equator, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), the satellite's researcher and producer. It will mainly serve for relaying TV and radio live broadcast signals and will greatly improve cultural life for people living in remote and mountainous regions. China launched the first in the SinoSat series, SinoSat-1, in 1998. The SinoSat-2 was launched in 2006 but malfunctioned as it failed to deploy its solar panels and communication antennae.
The satellite was carried aloft on the Long March 3B rocket, which took the SinoSat-6 into a geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after the launch. In the following days, Xi'an Satellite Control Center and the Yuanwang tracking ship will manipulate the satellite's position and transfer it to enter the geostationary orbit, China's official newsagency Xinhua reported. SinoSat-6 has a designed lifespan of 15 years and will eventually work at longitude 126.4 degrees East, about 35,700 kilometres above the equator, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), the satellite's researcher and producer. It will mainly serve for relaying TV and radio live broadcast signals and will greatly improve cultural life for people living in remote and mountainous regions. China launched the first in the SinoSat series, SinoSat-1, in 1998. The SinoSat-2 was launched in 2006 but malfunctioned as it failed to deploy its solar panels and communication antennae.