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SZ-3 MODULE

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
March 25, 2002 at 02:15 PM UTC
Launch site
Jiuquan, China
Launched by
Long March 2F →
Operator
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
Shenzhou-3
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
169 km
Periapsis
164 km
Inclination
42.4°
Orbital period
87.83 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2002-014C
NORAD catalog №
27408
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ChinaChina
Radar cross-section
1.2589 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 12, 2002

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 12, 2002
Time in service
232 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed