Saturday, May 31, 2014

Fenghuo 1

 2000-003A


2300 kg CAST-built DFH-3 comsat launched Jan 2000. Known as Zhongxing-22 (the ITU registered location) and as Feng Huo 1. Phillip Clark has suggested that Feng Huo 1 is used for military communications. Feng Huo was a message system (beacon fires?) used by the ancient Chinese along the Great Wall. Control from Xi'an SCC.


Zhongxing-22 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2000 Jan 25  1645 Launch by CZ-3A XSC 
  T+2:25 Stage 1 MECO 
  T+2:27 Stage 2 MES, Stage 1 sep 
  T+3:52 Fairing sep
  T+4:15 St 2 MECO 
  T+4:20 St 2 VECO 
  T+4:21 St 2 sep, St 3 MES 
 1655 T+10:19 St 3 MECO-1 
  T+20:00 St 3 MES-2 
  T+22:00 St 3 MECO-2 
 1708 T+23:40 Stage 3 sep 
2000 Jan 26    767.08 493 x 42266 x 24.9 
2000 Jan 30    756.24 347 x 41887 x 24.3 
2000 Feb 1   LAM burn? 
2000 Feb 6   On station 98E 
2000 Feb 7    1436.00 35781 x 35787 x 0.8 GEO 97.9E 
2000 May 27    1436.21 35777 x 35800 x 0.5 GEO 97.9E 
2006 Aug 4    1436.13 35777 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 98.0E 
2012 Nov 27    1436.10 35725 x 35847 x 4.1 GEO 97.9E 

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