Payload
ZIYUAN 3-01 (ZY 3-01)
DecayedPayloadLEO
ZIYUAN 3-01 (ZY 3-01) is a China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA) payload satellite, launched on January 9, 2012 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- January 9, 2012 at 03:17 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 158 km
- Periapsis
- 144 km
- Inclination
- 97.13°
- Orbital period
- 87.51 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,650 kg
- Design lifetime
- 4 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-001A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38046
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 5.315 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 22, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 22, 2026
- Time in service
- 14.2 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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