Payload
TANSAT
OperationalPayloadLEO
TANSAT is a China Meteorological Administration payload satellite, launched on December 21, 2016 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 21, 2016 at 07:22 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Tansat (CarbonSat)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 707 km
- Periapsis
- 679 km
- Inclination
- 98.54°
- Orbital period
- 98.63 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Meteorological Administration
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 620 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-081A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41898
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 1.4246 m²
- Status
- Operational
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