Satellites

Payload

LIXING-1 (LX-1)

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LIXING-1 (LX-1) is a China payload satellite, launched on August 15, 2016 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
August 15, 2016 at 05:40 PM UTC
Launch site
Jiuquan, China
Operator
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
QUESS (Micius)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
132 km
Periapsis
123 km
Inclination
97.35°
Orbital period
87.03 min

Spacecraft

Operator
China
Launch mass
100 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2016-051C
NORAD catalog №
41733
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ChinaChina
Radar cross-section
0.13 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
August 19, 2016

End of mission

Last active / ended
August 19, 2016
Time in service
4 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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