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SJ-9A

NORAD 38860 · Payload · In orbit since 2012

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Launched
2012-10-14 · Taiyuan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
800 kg
Size
2.9 × 2.5 m · 8.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
593 × 631 km
Inclination
97.7°
Period
96.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0027
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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

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