Payload
OBJECT E
NonoperationalPayloadLEONORAD 49319
OBJECT E is a HEAD Aerospace payload satellite, launched on October 14, 2021 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 14, 2021 at 10:51 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 2D →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Xihe (CHASE)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 378 km
- Periapsis
- 373 km
- Inclination
- 97.38°
- Orbital period
- 92.06 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- HEAD Aerospace
- Manufacturer
- HEAD Aerospace
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 45 kg
- Dry mass
- 45 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 × 0.2 × 0.2 m
- Detailed purpose
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-091E
- NORAD catalog №
- 49319
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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