Payload
HXMT (HUIYAN)
OperationalPayloadLEO
HXMT (HUIYAN) is a National Space Science Center (NSSC) payload satellite, launched on June 15, 2017 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 15, 2017 at 03:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Huiyan (HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope))
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 531 km
- Periapsis
- 490 km
- Inclination
- 43.01°
- Orbital period
- 94.83 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Space Science Center (NSSC)
- Manufacturer
- National Space Science Center (NSSC)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 4 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-034A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42758
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational
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