Payload
SHIYAN-2 (SY-2)
activePayloadLEO
SHIYAN-2 (SY-2) is a China payload satellite, launched on November 18, 2004 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 18, 2004 at 10:45 AM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 2C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shiyan Weixing 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 678 km
- Periapsis
- 667 km
- Inclination
- 98.06°
- Orbital period
- 98.19 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 300 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-046A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28479
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 1.3745 m²
- Status
- active
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