Payload
OBJECT B
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OBJECT B is a China payload satellite, launched on July 23, 2023 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 23, 2023 at 02:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Skysight AS-01 to 03 & Lingxi-03
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 166 km
- Periapsis
- 146 km
- Inclination
- 97.26°
- Orbital period
- 87.61 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 100 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-104B
- NORAD catalog №
- 57425
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- March 28, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- March 28, 2026
- Time in service
- 2.7 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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