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: 337.5 km

Apogee: 32,494.3 km

Inclination: 87.5 °

Period: 570.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 22786 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   24132.39359153  .00003966  00000-0  34774-2 0  9999
2 28382  87.5445 249.9950 7055975 294.6211   9.6622  2.52391687161140

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC