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Shi Jian 18 (SJ 18)
SJ 18 [CCTV]
SJ 18 (Shijian 18) was a Chinese experimental geostationary satellite based on the new DFH-5 Bus.
SJ 18 was to be the maiden flight of the DFH-5 ultra-high-performance satellite platform, featuring a high-thrust ion propulsion. It provides payload power up to 28 Kilowatts.
The satellite hosted a Ka-band high-throughput communications payload of 70 Gbps. Also an optical infrared laser communications terminal for downlinks with data rates of upt to 4.8 Gbit/s was on board. Reportedly an experimental quantum communications payload, similar to the one on QSS (Mozi), was also carried.
The satellite was launched in June 2017 on a CZ-5 rocket from the Wengchang cosmodrome, but failed to reach orbit.
A similar, but even larger SJ 20 was launched in 2019 on the third CZ-5 rocket from the Wengchang.
| Nation: | China |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Technology |
| Operator: | CAST |
| Contractors: | CAST |
| Equipment: | Ka-band high-throughput payload, infrared laser communications terminal |
| Configuration: | DFH-5 Bus |
| Propulsion: | ? × LIPS-300 Ion engines |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 7600 kg |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shi Jian 18 (SJ 18) | 2017-F03 | 02.07.2017 | We LC-101 | F | CZ-5 |
- Shi Jian 1 (SJ 1)
- Shi Jian 2 (SJ 2)
- Shi Jian 2A (SJ 2A)
- Shi Jian 2B (SJ 2B)
- Shi Jian 3 (SJ 3)
- Shi Jian 4 (SJ 4)
- Shi Jian 5 (SJ 5)
- Shi Jian 6-01, ..., 6-05 (SJ 6-01, ..., 6-05)
- Shi Jian 7 (SJ 7)
- Shi Jian 8 (SJ 8)
- Shi Jian 9A (SJ 9A)
- Shi Jian 9B (SJ 9B)
- Shi Jian 10 (SJ 10)
- Shi Jian 11-01, ..., 11-08 (SJ 11-01, ..., 11-08)
- Shi Jian 12 (SJ 12)
- Shi Jian 13 (SJ 13)
- Shi Jian 14 (SJ 14)
- Shi Jian 15 (SJ 15)
- Shi Jian 16-01, 16-02 (SJ 16-01, 16-02)
- Shi Jian 17 (SJ 17)
- Shi Jian 18 (SJ 18)
- Shi Jian 19 (SJ 19)
- Shi Jian 20 (SJ 20)
- Shi Jian 21 (SJ 21)
- Shi Jian 22 (SJ 22)
- Shi Jian 23 (SJ 23)
- Shi Jian 24 (SJ 24)
- Shi Jian 25 (SJ 25)
- Shi Jian 26 (SJ 26)
- Shi Jian 27 (SJ 27)
- Shi Jian 28 (SJ 28)
- Shi Jian 29 (SJ 29)
- Shi Jian 30-01, ...30-03 (SJ 30-01, ...30-03)
