Payload
2023-048A
OperationalPayloadLEO
2023-048A is a Chinese Ministry of National Defense payload satellite, launched on March 31, 2023 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 31, 2023 at 06:27 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 4C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Yaogan 34-04
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,139 km
- Periapsis
- 1,039 km
- Inclination
- 63.4°
- Orbital period
- 107.03 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Chinese Ministry of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST)
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 500 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-048A
- NORAD catalog №
- 56157
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational
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