BX-1

BX-1 is no longer on orbit
BX-1 is classified as:

• Experimental

NORAD ID: 33392
Int'l Code: 2008-047G
Launch date: September 25, 2008
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)
Decay date: 2009-10-29

Goals of the BX-1 (Companion Satellite) mission appear to be to take and transmit to earth relatively high-resolution photographs, and to maneuver the BX-1 satellite into an orbit around the Shenzhou Orbital Module as preparation for a docking exercise planned for the Shenzhou 8 mission.

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Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC