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SJ-9B

NORAD 38861 · 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
260 kg
Size
1.5 × 1.9 m · 4 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
582 × 605 km
Inclination
97.6°
Period
96.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0017
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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