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) 1436.1
Inclination (deg) 0.06
Perigee (km) 35780
Apogee (km) 35793
Eccentricity 0.000181632738602546
Mean motion (revs. per day) 1.00271568832254
Semi-Major axis (km) 42164.635
Raan (deg) 64.7813
Arg of perigee (deg) 340.1847
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