DOUBLESTAR (TC-2)

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DOUBLESTAR (TC-2) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 28382

Int'l Code: 2004-029A

Perigee: 344.4 km

Apogee: 32,484.9 km

Inclination: 87.5 °

Period: 570.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 22785 km

RCS: 3.8194 m² (large)

Launch date: July 25, 2004
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

CNSA-ESA joint mission carrying eight experiments to study earth's magnetosphere; highest orbit ever for a Chinese satellite; polar orbit; operates with ESA's cluster satellites.

1 28382U 04029A   24138.33677310  .00001021  00000-0  11329-2 0  9998
2 28382  87.5482 249.8854 7052781 293.2638   9.9840  2.52412579161322

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC