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SJ-2A

NORAD 12843 · Payload · Reentered 1982-10-06

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Launched
1981-09-19 · Jiuquan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
483 kg
Size
2 × 1.5 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
137 × 173 km
Inclination
59.4°
Period
87.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0028
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.