Payload
SINOSAT 2 (XINNUO 2)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
SINOSAT 2 (XINNUO 2) is a China payload satellite, launched on October 28, 2006 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 28, 2006 at 04:20 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Xinnuo 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,154 km
- Periapsis
- 37,835 km
- Inclination
- 14.42°
- Orbital period
- 1550.35 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 5,200 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-048A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29516
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 10.0237 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational