Payload
SHIJIAN-16 (SJ-16)
OperationalPayloadLEO
SHIJIAN-16 (SJ-16) is a China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) payload satellite, launched on October 25, 2013 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 25, 2013 at 03:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 602 km
- Periapsis
- 578 km
- Inclination
- 74.97°
- Orbital period
- 96.48 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-057A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39358
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 8.2723 m²
- Status
- Operational
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