China's Sinosat confirms failure of Sinosat-2 in orbit

Beijing, Nov 28: A Chinese communications and broadcast satellite has failed less than a month into orbit due to the inability to deploy its solar panels and communications antennae, Sino Satellite Communications Co Ltd said today, on the company Web site.

The satellite, launched on October 29 from the southwestern province of Sichuan was designed to serve live television signals and digital broadband multimedia systems in China, Macau and Taiwan.

Sinosat said the satellite was still in orbit and otherwise functioning normally.

Reuters