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FSW-2 3
Decayed
Payload
LEO
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Launch
Launch date
October 20, 1996 at 07:20 AM UTC
Launch site
Jiuquan, China
Launched by
Long March 2D →
Operator
China Aerospace Corporation
Mission
Fanhui Shi Weixing (17)
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
133 km
Periapsis
121 km
Inclination
63.02°
Orbital period
87.03 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1996-059A
NORAD catalog №
24634
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
China
Radar cross-section
2.0939 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 3, 1996
End of mission
Last active / ended
December 3, 1996
Time in service
44 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed
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