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SHIYAN-12 02 (SY-12 02)

NORAD 50322· COSPAR 2021-129B· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 23, 2021 from 201, China aboard a Long March 7A.
Long March 7A | Shiyan 12-01 & 02 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-15 18:40 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 23, 2021
Mass
—
Apogee
35,763 km
Perigee
35,731 km
Inclination
3.98°
Period
23.90 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SHIYAN-12 02 (SY-12 02) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Raising
Change
+14.1 km
Rate
+0.10 km/day
Now
35731 × 35763 km
357433576535721May 28Oct 24
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).

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