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SZ-9 MODULE

DecayedPayloadLEO

SZ-9 MODULE is a China payload satellite, launched on June 16, 2012 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
June 16, 2012 at 10:37 AM UTC
Launch site
Jiuquan, China
Operator
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
141 km
Periapsis
139 km
Inclination
42.78°
Orbital period
87.29 min

Spacecraft

Operator
China
Launch mass
1,842 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2012-032H
NORAD catalog №
38550
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ChinaChina
Radar cross-section
4.451 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 2, 2012

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 2, 2012
Time in service
169 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed