SJ-12

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SJ-12 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 36596

Int'l Code: 2010-027A

Perigee: 575.9 km

Apogee: 594.4 km

Inclination: 97.6 °

Period: 96.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6956 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   18324.89629199 -.00000155 +00000-0 -86359-5 0  9999
2 36596 097.6138 317.8366 0013350 082.9057 277.3680 14.96406510459908

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC