DOUBLESTAR (TC-1)

DOUBLESTAR (TC-1) is no longer on orbit
DOUBLESTAR (TC-1) is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 28140

Int'l Code: 2003-061A

Launch date: December 29, 2003
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)
Decay date: 2007-10-14

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

1 28140U 03061A   07287.06978781 +.01244379 -22592-5 +10000-3 0  9995
2 28140 018.8616 210.3539 4780782 049.3666 343.3587 06.28920458006227

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC