SJ-6C

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SJ-6C is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 29505

Int'l Code: 2006-046A

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   26251.57842959  .00008016  00000-0  40031-3 0  9998
2 29505  97.6306 293.2895 0002521 177.7265 182.3980 15.17753488 84919

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC