Designation | 23723 / 95064A |
Launch date | 28 Nov 1995 at 11:30 UT |
Country of origin | China |
Mission | Telecommunications |
Geostationary orbit | see below |
Launch vehicle | Long March 2E |
Begin | End | Position |
L: 28 Nov 1995 | Oct 2009 | 100.5°E |
Jan 2010 | Oct 2010 | 17°E, renamed Amos 5i |
Oct 2010 | Sep 2011 | 17°E, inclined |
Jan 2012 | May 2012 | 120°E, inclined |
Out of service | May 2012 |
Cause | moved to the junk orbit |
Prime contractor | GE Astro Space |
Platform | GE-7000 |
Mass at launch | 3460 kg |
Mass in orbit | 1500 kg |
Dimension | 24 x 7 m deployed |
Stabilization | 3-axis |
DC power | BOL: 7100 W |
Design lifetime | 13 years |
Main transponders | 24 |
Backup transponders | 6 |
Power | 55 W (TWTA) |
Bandwidth |
20
transponders at 36 MHz 4 transponders at 72 MHz |
Coverage | Africa & Middle East |
EIRP max | 39 dBW |
G/T max | 0 dB/K |
SFD | -97 dBW/m² |
Polarization | Linear H/V |
Frequencies |
Uplink:
5.845-6.425 GHz Downlink: 3.625-4.2 GHz |
Horizontal downlink | Transponder |
Vertical downlink | Bandwidth (MHz) |
3.640 | 1B | 36 | |
1A | 3.660 | 36 | |
3.680 | 2B | 36 | |
2A | 3.700 | 36 | |
3.720 | 3B | 36 | |
3A | 3.740 | 36 | |
3.760 | 4B | 36 | |
4A | 3.780 | 36 | |
3.800 | 5B | 36 | |
5A | 3.820 | 36 | |
3.840 | 6B | 36 | |
6A | 3.860 | 36 | |
3.880 | 7B | 36 | |
7A | 3.900 | 36 | |
3.920 | 8B | 36 | |
8A | 3.940 | 36 | |
3.960 | 9B | 36 | |
9A | 3.980 | 36 | |
4.000 | 10B | 36 | |
10A | 4.020 | 36 | |
4.060 | 11B | 72 | |
11A | 4.080 | 72 | |
4.140 | 12B | 72 | |
12A | 4.160 | 36 |
Main transponders | 9 |
Backup transponders | 3 |
Power | 115 W (TWTA) |
Bandwidth | 54 MHz |
Coverage | Middle East & North Africa |
EIRP max | 52 dBW |
G/T max | 6 dB/K |
SFD | -97 dBW/m² |
Polarization | Linear |
Frequencies |
Uplink:
14.0-14.3 GHz Downlink: 12.2-12.5 GHz |
Horizontal downlink | Transponder |
Vertical downlink |
12.230 | 1 | |
2 | 12.245 | |
12.290 | 3 | |
4 | 12.305 | |
12.350 | 5 | |
6 | 12.365 | |
12.410 | 7 | |
8 | 12.425 | |
12.470 | 9 |