Public research brief · Source review: 9 September 2026
Kashi: two station records with different roles
AIRCAS describes a remote-sensing station at Kashi. A separate report hosted by CNSA describes the Kashgar deep-space station and its array. Keeping the source context with each record separates Earth-observation reception from deep-space tracking, telemetry and command (TT&C).
AIRCAS / RSGS · A
Kashi remote-sensing station
2 × 7.3 m
Antenna systems listed in the institutional description. Operations began in 2008; its reception footprint includes western China and Central Asia.
Institutional description; not a 2026 inventory count.
CNSA-hosted Xinhua report · 19 Nov 2020 · C
Kashgar deep-space station
The report describes three new antennas joining one existing antenna, supporting Tianwen-1 and Chang’e-4 at the time. It attributes the project to the Xi’an Satellite Control Center.
Reported configuration and use in 2020.
The result for a research database
Maintain separate records with a network or organizational context—not a single “Kashi” row. Attach equipment specifications to the matching record and date. Do not aggregate the counts into a verified current inventory of one facility.
This is OrbitRabbit’s reconciliation of the cited records. It does not establish surveyed coordinates, the relationship between site boundaries, or every current operator and task assignment.
Keep equipment facts at the right level
| Record | Supported statement | Database field |
|---|---|---|
| RSGS 12 m system B | The 2025 CAS equipment sheet specifies an X-band rate of 10–2,000 Mbps per channel. | Equipment rate and unit; not station-wide capacity or observed traffic. |
| Deep-space array C | The report describes 4 × 35 m antennas with data-reception capability equivalent to a 66 m aperture. | Physical configuration and reported equivalent capability; not one physical 66 m dish. |
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Evidence and dates
- AIRCAS — China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station
Use the “Kashi Ground Station” paragraph. The page URL is dated February 2023, but the displayed body gives no explicit inventory reference date. We retain its configuration as a published description.
- CAS — 12-antenna of Kashi station
13 June 2025. Equipment-level specifications, including the per-channel data rate.
- CNSA / Xinhua — Deep-space antenna array enters operation
19 November 2020. A contemporary report of array construction and commissioning, not a fresh observation of the site.
Recheck the inventory if a newer facility description or dated imagery becomes available. This brief uses published descriptions and our own comparison; no satellite-image measurement or communications detection is claimed.
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