Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Provider type
Government
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
China
Date
Fri, 27 Dec 2019 12:45:10 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5922 ever
Mission
Shijian 20 is an experimental geostationary communications satellite. This is also a return-to-flight launch for Long March 5 after a July 2017 failure.
Deployed payloads · 1