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NORAD 40136 · Payload · In orbit since 2014

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Launched
2014-09-04 · Jiuquan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
135 kg
Size
1 × 1 m · 2 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
775 × 807 km
Inclination
98.7°
Period
100.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0022
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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.