ChinaSat 9B

Long March 3B launched the ChinaSat 9B (Zhongxing-9B) direct-broadcast communications satellite from Xichang, replacing ChinaSat 9A and intended to relay 8K television coverage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

5.3 T (est.)

Flight

42nd

of 78 Long March 3B/E flights

Date and time

9 September 2021, 11:50 UTC

Rocket

Long March 3B/E

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

International designator

2021-080

Launches in 2021

88th of 146

See it in orbit

Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.

View satellites in Space Atlas↗