FSW-3 3

Launch data: Designation  28424 / 04039A Launch date  27 Sep 2004 - 08:00 UT Launch site  Jiuquan Launch vehicle  CZ-2D2 (#F05) Mission  photoreconnaissance/remote sensing LEO Earth orbit on 10 Oct: Perigee / Apogee  207 / 322 km Inclination  63.00° Period  89.79 min

Mission details:

• "FSW-3" (unofficial western designator) Jianbing-4 photoreconnaissance/remote sensing satellite, possibly undertaken an area survey mission. Ithas been reported that the re-entry module will be recovered after ~18 days in orbit, matching the mission duration of the first FSW-3 satellite.
• The descent module for FSW-3 3 returned to Earth on October 15.11, 2004; the module parachuted into an apartment block in Penglai, the south-west of Sichuan Province. This international designator was transferred to the aquipment module which remained in orbit; the first orbit issued for the separated equipment module was: October 13.02 63.00° 89.77min 205 x 321 km.