SJ-9B

NORAD 38861· COSPAR 2012-056B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Oct 14, 2012 from Launch Complex 9, China aboard a Long March 2C/SMA.

Long March 2C/SMA | Shijian 9A & Shijian 9B →

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Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Oct 14, 2012

Mass

—

Apogee

607 km

Perigee

588 km

Inclination

97.61°

Period

1.61 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SJ-9B across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.1 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

588 × 607 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2012-056 (Long March 2C/SMA | Shijian 9A & Shijian 9B).

SJ-9A · 38860

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