Payload
DUMMY MASS 2
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
DUMMY MASS 2 is a China payload satellite, launched on September 1, 1997 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 1, 1997 at 02:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 2C/SD →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Corporation
- Mission
- Iridium MFS 1 & 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 611 km
- Periapsis
- 603 km
- Inclination
- 86.33°
- Orbital period
- 96.83 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 660 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1997-048B
- NORAD catalog №
- 24926
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 1.336 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational