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SJ-12

NORAD 36596 · Payload · In orbit since 2010

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Launched
2010-06-15 · Jiuquan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
1,000 kg
Size
1.4 × 1.4 m · 8.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
511 × 519 km
Inclination
97.8°
Period
94.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0006
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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

Same launch

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