SJ-6D

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SJ-6D is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 29506

Int'l Code: 2006-046B

Perigee: 580.2 km

Apogee: 585.5 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   24135.16453052  .00003587  00000-0  31545-3 0  9993
2 29506  97.7423 160.3928 0003804  74.9348 285.2295 14.97161830956244

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC