Payload
SJ-5
activePayloadLEO
SJ-5 is a China payload satellite, launched on May 10, 1999 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 10, 1999 at 01:33 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Corporation
- Mission
- Feng Yun 1C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 862 km
- Periapsis
- 837 km
- Inclination
- 98.73°
- Orbital period
- 101.92 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 258 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-025B
- NORAD catalog №
- 25731
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 1.4199 m²
- Status
- active
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