SHIYAN-12 01 (SY-12 01)
Launch
Launched on Dec 23, 2021 from 201, China aboard a Long March 7A.
Long March 7A | Shiyan 12-01 & 02 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 12:36 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 23, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
35,746 km
Perigee
35,731 km
Inclination
3.88°
Period
23.89 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SHIYAN-12 01 (SY-12 01) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-121.8 km
Rate
-1.18 km/day
Now
35731 × 35746 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 2021-129 (Long March 7A | Shiyan 12-01 & 02).
- SHIYAN-12 02 (SY-12 02) · 50322
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