ZIYUAN 3-2

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ZIYUAN 3-2 is classified as:

Earth resources

NORAD ID: 41556

Int'l Code: 2016-033A

Perigee: 509.1 km

Apogee: 510.1 km

Inclination: 97.5 °

Period: 94.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6880 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: May 30, 2016
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

ZIYUAN 3-2 is a civilian Earth imaging craft to be operated by China's Satellite Surveying and Mapping Application Center, a follow-up mission to the first Ziyuan 3 mapping spacecraft launched in January 2012. ZIYUAN 3-2 will be used in land resources surveys, natural disaster prevention, agricultural development, water resources management and urban planning, among other tasks. Ziyuan 3-2's cameras will collect high-resolution imagery in 3D and in color, with the ability to resolve objects on Earth's surface less than 3 meters (10 feet) in size. The satellite is designed for a five-year mission.

1 41556U 16033A   22275.48669084  .00006973  00000-0  31645-3 0  9994
2 41556  97.5260 344.2190 0000728  72.1212  53.2824 15.21120352352171

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC