Payload
OBJECT J
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OBJECT J 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
- 190 km
- Periapsis
- 183 km
- Inclination
- 97.37°
- Orbital period
- 88.22 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Nanjing University
- Manufacturer
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Users
- Civil
- Launch mass
- 50 kg
- Dry mass
- 10 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-091J
- NORAD catalog №
- 49323
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- February 1, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- February 1, 2025
- Time in service
- 3.3 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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