SJ-6D

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SJ-6D is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 29506

Int'l Code: 2006-046B

Perigee: 580.4 km

Apogee: 585.1 km

Inclination: 97.7 °

Period: 96.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6953 km

RCS: 2.38 m² (large)

Launch date: October 23, 2006
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

The two satellites SJ-6C and SJ-6D which form Group-02 of Shijian(practice)-6 satellites, were manufactured by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) and DFH (Dongfanghong, or The East is Red) Satellite Co., Ltd. respectively. Both have a designed life of more than two years. They will mainly replace the two Shijian-6 satellites launched on Sept. 9, 2004, to conduct exploration of space environment, radiation in space and their influence, parameters of physical environment of the space, and carry out other related space experiments.

1 29506U 06046B   24138.90722643  .00004013  00000-0  35201-3 0  9991
2 29506  97.7417 164.1003 0003398  65.2161 294.9414 14.97192172956790

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC