SJ-6C

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SJ-6C is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 29505

Int'l Code: 2006-046A

Perigee: 584.8 km

Apogee: 593.6 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 96.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6960 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   21109.47230707  .00000764  00000-0  74985-4 0  9994
2 29505  97.8038 127.9507 0006345  95.7716 264.4241 14.95109024789330

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC