Payload
LKW-3
OperationalPayloadLEO
LKW-3 is a People's Liberation Army (C41) payload satellite, launched on January 13, 2018 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 13, 2018 at 07:10 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 462 km
- Periapsis
- 459 km
- Inclination
- 97.66°
- Orbital period
- 93.8 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- People's Liberation Army (C41)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 2,000 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-006A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43146
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational
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