Payload
OBJECT L
DecayedPayloadLEONORAD 49325
OBJECT L is a Shanghai Jiao Tong University/APSCO payload satellite, launched on October 14, 2021 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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
- 170 km
- Periapsis
- 161 km
- Inclination
- 97.4°
- Orbital period
- 87.8 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University/APSCO
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University/APSCO
- Users
- Civil
- Launch mass
- 40 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø0.3 × 0.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-091L
- NORAD catalog №
- 49325
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- January 17, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- January 17, 2024
- Time in service
- 2.3 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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