Payload
CHINASAT 16 (SJ-13)
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 42662
CHINASAT 16 (SJ-13) is a China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) payload satellite, launched on April 12, 2017 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- April 12, 2017 at 11:04 AM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shijian-13/Chinasat-16
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,804 km
- Periapsis
- 35,771 km
- Inclination
- 0.1°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Manufacturer
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 4,600 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-018A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42662
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 12.3708 m²
- Status
- Operational