SJ-20

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SJ-20 is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 44910

Int'l Code: 2019-097A

Perigee: 35,753.1 km

Apogee: 35,833.6 km

Inclination: 3.5 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42164 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 27, 2019
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSC)

SJ-20 (SHIJIAN-20) is China's heaviest and most advanced satellite (as of Jan 2020). The orbiter, placed on a geosynchronous orbit, is the first verification satellite for DFH-5 satellite platform, China's new generation of large geosynchronous orbit satellite platform. The SHIJIAN-20 satellite was launched into space by the third Long March-5 rocket, China's largest carrier rocket on Dec. 27, 2019. It has carried out orbit experiments for a series of key technologies. SJ-20 has the largest solar wings among all China's satellites, with the total wingspan 10 meters wider than that of a Boeing 737 aircraft. The solar wings has unfolded twice, and the increased solar wing area will supply the satellite with abundant power.

1 44910U 19097A   24327.58591122 -.00000062  00000-0  00000+0 0  9993
2 44910   3.4501  82.0502 0009541 144.9754 118.9823  1.00273218 17962

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC