Payload
JB-3 3 (ZY 2C)
OperationalPayloadLEO
JB-3 3 (ZY 2C) is a China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) payload satellite, launched on November 6, 2004 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 6, 2004 at 03:10 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Zi Yuan 2-3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 530 km
- Periapsis
- 486 km
- Inclination
- 97.28°
- Orbital period
- 94.78 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 1,450 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-044A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28470
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 4.419 m²
- Status
- Operational
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