Geostationary
ZHONGXING-1E
Government Communications · ChinaSat / China Government
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A Chinese high-throughput satellite extending China's government communications capabilities. Zhongxing-1E provides secure and priority communications capacity for Chinese government agencies, state enterprises, and infrastructure monitoring applications across China's territory and overseas Chinese interests — the digital nervous system of China's expanding global economic and political footprint.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,234–22,249 mi (35,782–35,807 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 53813
- Int’l designator
- 2022-112A
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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