Payload
SHIYAN-3 (SY-3)
OperationalPayloadLEO
SHIYAN-3 (SY-3) is a China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) payload satellite, launched on November 5, 2008 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shiyan Weixing 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 799 km
- Periapsis
- 779 km
- Inclination
- 98.61°
- Orbital period
- 100.64 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Manufacturer
- Harbin Institute of Technology
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 200 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-056A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33433
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 0.7657 m²
- Status
- Operational
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