Payload
QIANFAN-16
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 60394
QIANFAN-16 is a China payload satellite, launched on August 6, 2024 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 6, 2024 at 06:42 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 6A →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- SpaceSail Polar Group #1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,080 km
- Periapsis
- 1,057 km
- Inclination
- 88.97°
- Orbital period
- 106.59 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 267 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 3 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-140R
- NORAD catalog №
- 60394
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational