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SHENZHOU-9 (SZ-9)

NORAD 38461 · Payload · Reentered 2012-06-29

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Launched
2012-06-16 · Jiuquan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space station mission
Mass
3,240 kg
Size
9.3 × 3.2 m · 17 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
334 × 355 km
Inclination
42.8°
Period
91.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0016
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.