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SZ-4 MODULE

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 29, 2002 at 04:40 PM UTC
Launch site
Jiuquan, China
Launched by
Long March 2F →
Operator
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission
Shenzhou-4
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
153 km
Periapsis
133 km
Inclination
42.41°
Orbital period
87.36 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2002-061C
NORAD catalog №
27634
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ChinaChina
Radar cross-section
3.981 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 9, 2003

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 9, 2003
Time in service
254 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed