Geostationary
ZHONGXING-1D
Government Communications · ChinaSat / PLA
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A Chinese military or dual-use communications satellite operating in geostationary orbit. The '1D' designation in the Zhongxing series indicates a classified or government-priority payload. China's satellite communications architecture deliberately blends civil and military functions, making it difficult for outside analysts to definitively characterize individual satellites as purely civil or purely military.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,239–22,244 mi (35,790–35,798 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 49505
- Int’l designator
- 2021-114A
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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