Payload
SHIJIAN-6 01A (SJ-6 01A)
OperationalPayloadLEO
SHIJIAN-6 01A (SJ-6 01A) is a China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) payload satellite, launched on September 8, 2004 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 8, 2004 at 11:14 PM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shi Jian 6A & 6B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 517 km
- Periapsis
- 507 km
- Inclination
- 97.59°
- Orbital period
- 94.87 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST)/Dongfanghong Satellite Co.
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 350 kg
- Design lifetime
- 2 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-035A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28413
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 1.237 m²
- Status
- Operational
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