Payload
OBJECT A
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OBJECT A is a Nanjing University payload satellite, launched on October 14, 2021 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 14, 2021 at 10:51 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Xihe (CHASE)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 162 km
- Periapsis
- 149 km
- Inclination
- 97.39°
- Orbital period
- 87.59 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Nanjing University
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering at the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 10 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-091A
- NORAD catalog №
- 49315
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 2, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 2, 2024
- Time in service
- 2.4 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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