China Satellite Communications Crop.

9 satellites in orbit, 1 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

China Satellite Communications Crop. is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code CHIS, of China, People's Republic of. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
OBJECT EEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYesBeijing guidao chenguang keji YG
CHINASAT 5A (CHINASTAR1)Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedChina Orient Telecom Satellite Co. Ltd.
DFH-3 2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
CHINASAT 7Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
DFH-3 1Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
STTW-5Communications satelliteHighly elliptical orbitEnded
STTW-4Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
STTW-3Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
STTW-2Communications satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded