Key statistics
Satellite CHINASAT-9C at a glance.
Uptime
18
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
0.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CHINASAT-9C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CHINASAT-9C
International designator: 2025-132A
Object number (NORAD): 64470
Object ID (CCSDS): 64470
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.129 minutes
Inclination: 0.0772 deg
SMA: 42165.357 km
Apoapsis: 35792.122 km
Periapsis: 35782.323 km
RAAN: 258.4425 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001162
Argument of periapsis: 30.2675 deg
Mean anomaly: 41.7818 deg
Mean motion: 1.00269555 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000023 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CHINASAT-9C
TLE line 1: 1 64470U 25132A 25188.86735428 -.00000230 00000-0 00000-0 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 64470 0.0772 258.4425 0001162 30.2675 41.7818 1.00269555 699
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CHINASAT-9C.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for CHINASAT-9C, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Ku- and Ka-band geostationary communication satellite for China Satcom at 92.2° East, replacing ChinaSat 9.
CHINASAT-9C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 3B/E | ChinaSat 9C’, on board a Long March 3 space rocket.
The launch took place on June 20, 2025, 12:37 p.m. from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2).
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Long March 3B/E | ChinaSat 9C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 20, 2025, 12:37 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 3
Launch pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Latest news about this satellite
China launches ChinaSat-9C geostationary communications satellite
China launched the ChinaSat-9C communications satellite Friday to replace an aging, foreign-built predecessor and boost domestic broadcasting capabilities. The post China launches ChinaSat-9C geostationary communications satellite appeared first on Space...
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