Payload
FSW-0 3
DecayedPayloadLEO
FSW-0 3 is a China payload satellite, launched on January 26, 1978 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 26, 1978 at 05:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2A →
- Operator
- Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry
- Mission
- FSW-0 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 180 km
- Periapsis
- 133 km
- Inclination
- 57.02°
- Orbital period
- 87.61 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 1,810 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1978-011A
- NORAD catalog №
- 10611
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 3.6686 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 7, 1978
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 7, 1978
- Time in service
- 12 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed