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CHINASAT 10

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 24.2 hours, on an orbit tilted 1.3° from the equator, between 36,129 and 36,166 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About CHINASAT 10

CHINASAT 10 is a satellite from China, launched on Jun 20, 2011 from Xichang Space Center, China.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 126°W, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Zhongxing-10 · communications satellite

Operated by
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 22 days its lowest point went from 36,115 km to 36,113 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
36,12036,14036,160

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.