Payload
SHIYAN-4 (SY-4)
OperationalPayloadLEO
SHIYAN-4 (SY-4) is a China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) payload satellite, launched on November 20, 2011 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 20, 2011 at 12:15 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 805 km
- Periapsis
- 771 km
- Inclination
- 98.7°
- Orbital period
- 100.62 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Manufacturer
- CAST/DFH Satellite Co. Ltd./HIT
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 200 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-068B
- NORAD catalog №
- 37931
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 1.157 m²
- Status
- Operational
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