SJ-6D

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SJ-6D is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 29506

Int'l Code: 2006-046B

Perigee: 580.9 km

Apogee: 585.8 km

Inclination: 97.7 °

Period: 96.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6954 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   24111.16940142  .00004559  00000-0  40136-3 0  9994
2 29506  97.7453 136.6241 0003517 113.6324 246.5267 14.96977814952653

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC