Satellites

Payload

QQW-1

DecayedPayloadLEO

QQW-1 is a China payload satellite, launched on September 3, 1990 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 3, 1990 at 12:53 AM UTC
Launch site
TAISC
Operator
Ministry of Aerospace Industry
Mission
Feng Yun 1B

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
232 km
Periapsis
210 km
Inclination
99.09°
Orbital period
88.92 min

Spacecraft

Operator
China
Launch mass
2.6 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-081B
NORAD catalog №
20789
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ChinaChina
Radar cross-section
3.174 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 11, 1991

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 11, 1991
Time in service
189 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed