SJ-12

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SJ-12 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 36596

Int'l Code: 2010-027A

Perigee: 576.5 km

Apogee: 591.3 km

Inclination: 97.7 °

Period: 96.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6954 km

RCS: 3.385 m² (large)

Launch date: June 15, 2010
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

SJ-12 will be conducting a variety of experiments, inlcuding "space environment probe, measurement and communications". The satellite was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, according to Xinhua. China has previously launched Shijian satellites to test new technologies, carry out space experiments, measure the radiation environment in orbit and conduct other scientific research. Shijian means "practice" in Chinese.

1 36596U 10027A   20304.20914924 -.00000213 +00000-0 -13605-4 0  9996
2 36596 097.6669 290.4520 0010623 221.3545 138.6873 14.96800301565947

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC