ZX 1C
Official name CHINASAT 1E
Alternative name ChinaSat 1E
Cospar ID 2022-112A
Norad ID 53813
Launch date 2022-09-13
Launch site WSC
Launch vehicle CZ-7A
Country/Organization China
Type application Communication
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 1436.09
Inclination (deg) 0.03
Perigee (km) 35783
Apogee (km) 35790
Eccentricity 9.78022438629092E-05
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00272267058471
Semi-Major axis (km) 42164.635
Raan (deg) 263.0747
Arg of perigee (deg) 74.7097
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 5000
Height (m) 5
Width (m) 2.5
Depth (m) 2.5
Span (m^2) 30
Lifetime 11 years
Contractors CAST
Configuration DFH-4 bus
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

The FH 2 (Feng Huo 2) series are reportedly the second generation of chinese military comsats and data relay satellites. They provide both C-band and UHF communications.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. manufactured the satellites based on the DFH-4 Bus. The launch vehicle was the CZ-3B/G3 rocket.

The first of these satellites, FH 2A was launched in September 2011 and was given the designation ZX 1A (ChinaSat 1A).

A second satellite FH 2C or ZX 1C (ChinaSat 1C) followed in December 2015.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
CHINASAT 1A 2011-047A 2011-09-17 XSC CZ-3B/G3
CHINASAT 1C 2015-073A 2015-12-09 XSC CZ-3B/G3
CHINASAT 1D 2021-114A 2021-11-26 XSC CZ-3B/G3
CHINASAT 1E 2022-112A 2022-09-13 WSC CZ-7A