Tianxun-1 (TX-1)

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Chinese spacecraft nº: 169

Launch data: Designation  37874 / 11066A Launch date  09 Nov 2011 - 03:21:05 UT Launch site  Taiyuan, LC-9 Launch vehicle  CZ-4B (Y21) Mission  Civil: Technology dev., Imaging LEO Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  480 x 490 km Eccentricity  7,29E-04 Inclination  97.42 deg Period  94.3 min

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Description:

• TX 1 (Tian Xun 1) is a Chinese microsatellite built by the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
• The main payload is a 2.5 kg CCD camera built by Suzhou University. It has a maximum resolution of roughly 30 meters.
• Equipped with a 2.5 kg CCD camera that was built by Suzhou University, sporting a maximum resolution of 30 meters.

Mission details:

• The satellites lifted off at 0321 GMT Wednesday Nov 9, 2011 (10:21 p.m. EST Tuesday) from the Taiyuan space center in the Shanxi province of northern China. Launch occurred at 11:21 a.m. Beijing time, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
• A 150-foot[45.7-m]-tall Long March 4B rocket delivered the Yaogan 12 and Tianxun 1 satellites into an orbit 300 miles [483 km] above Earth with an inclination of 97.4 degrees to the equator, according to U.S. tracking data.
• The YW-12 launch also carried the small Tianxun-1 technology satellite. Tianxun-1 was built by the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Nanjing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue), carries a small Earth observing CCD camera and has a mass of 58 kg. The satellites are in a 480 x 490 km x 97.4 deg orbit.