Payload
XW-3 (CAS-9)
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 50466
XW-3 (CAS-9) is a China payload satellite, launched on December 26, 2021 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 26, 2021 at 03:11 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Zhiyuan 1-02E
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 758 km
- Periapsis
- 750 km
- Inclination
- 98.5°
- Orbital period
- 99.91 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 10 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 0.1 × 0.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-131B
- NORAD catalog №
- 50466
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational
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