Payload
SHIJIAN-17 (SJ-17)
OperationalPayloadGEO
SHIJIAN-17 (SJ-17) is a China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) payload satellite, launched on November 3, 2016 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 3, 2016 at 12:43 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wenchang, China
- Launched by
- Long March 5/YZ-2 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shijian-17
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,912 km
- Periapsis
- 35,897 km
- Inclination
- 5.74°
- Orbital period
- 1442.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,000 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-065A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41838
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 19.83 m²
- Status
- Operational