SJ-6C

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SJ-6C is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 29505

Int'l Code: 2006-046A

Perigee: 586.0 km

Apogee: 590.2 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 96.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6959 km

RCS: 1.359 m² (large)

Launch date: October 23, 2006
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

The two satellites SJ-6C and SJ-6D which form Group-02 of Shijian(practice)-6 satellites, were manufactured by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) and DFH (Dongfanghong, or The East is Red) Satellite Co., Ltd. respectively. Both have a designed life of more than two years. They will mainly replace the two Shijian-6 satellites launched on Sept. 9, 2004, to conduct exploration of space environment, radiation in space and their influence, parameters of physical environment of the space, and carry out other related space experiments.

1 29505U 06046A   22018.04010865  .00000685  00000-0  67187-4 0  9996
2 29505  97.7895  40.0247 0002990 269.0612  91.0270 14.95456631830218

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC