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Payload

DUMMY MASS

DecayedPayloadLEO

DUMMY MASS is a China payload satellite, launched on February 8, 1994 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
February 8, 1994 at 08:33 AM UTC
Launch site
XICLF
Operator
China Aerospace Corporation
Mission
Shi Jian 4

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
312 km
Periapsis
112 km
Inclination
28.27°
Orbital period
88.73 min

Spacecraft

Operator
China
Launch mass
1,585.73 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1994-010B
NORAD catalog №
23009
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ChinaChina
Radar cross-section
2.595 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 7, 2002

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 7, 2002
Time in service
8.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed