SJ-6C

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SJ-6C is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 29505

Int'l Code: 2006-046A

Perigee: 586.3 km

Apogee: 594.1 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 96.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6961 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   20027.14640523  .00000438  00000-0  45629-4 0  9998
2 29505  97.8220  41.3303 0005612 132.5739 227.5910 14.94791381722351

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC