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CHINASAT 16 (SJ-13)

NORAD 42662 · Payload · In orbit since 2017

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Launched
2017-04-12 · Xichang, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Communications
Mass
4,600 kg
Size
5 × 2.5 m · 30 m deployed
Perigee × Apogee
35,767 × 35,808 km
Inclination
0.1°
Period
1435.8 min
Eccentricity
0.0005
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.