Payload
SHIJIAN-6 02A (SJ-6 02A)
OperationalPayloadLEO
SHIJIAN-6 02A (SJ-6 02A) is a China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) payload satellite, launched on October 23, 2006 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 23, 2006 at 11:34 PM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shi Jian 6C & 6D
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 518 km
- Periapsis
- 512 km
- Inclination
- 97.64°
- Orbital period
- 94.93 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)/DFH Satellite Co. Ltd.
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 350 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-046A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29505
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 1.159 m²
- Status
- Operational
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