SHIJIAN-17 (SJ-17)
Launch
Launched on Nov 3, 2016 from 101, China aboard a Long March 5/YZ-2.
Long March 5 / YZ-2 | Shijian 17 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 20:46 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 3, 2016
Mass
—
Apogee
35,918 km
Perigee
35,906 km
Inclination
6.07°
Period
1.00 d
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SHIJIAN-17 (SJ-17) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.4 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
35906 × 35918 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.
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