Payload
OBJECT B
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OBJECT B is a China payload satellite, launched on December 4, 2023 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 4, 2023 at 05:00 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Mir (3 stage) →
- Operator
- Agency for Defense Development
- Mission
- S-STEP
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 204 km
- Periapsis
- 188 km
- Inclination
- 97.36°
- Orbital period
- 88.41 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 165 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-189B
- NORAD catalog №
- 58503
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 7, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 7, 2026
- Time in service
- 2.5 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed