Shiyan Weixing 3 (SW-3)

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Mission details:

• A Chang Zheng 2D rocket launched two small satellites on Nov 5, 2008: Chuanxin yihao 02 xing (Innovation Satellite no. 1 - 02) and Shiyan Weixing sanhao (Experimental satellite no. 3).
• SW-3 was built by the Harbin Inst. of Tech. and Beijing's DFH Satellite Co. SW-3 will be used for experiments on new technologies in atmospheric exploration.
• The satellites are in a 786 x 804 km x 98.5 deg orbit; a third object in a 308 x 835 km orbit is probably the launch vehicle second stage; it made a perigee-lowering depletion burn at about 0035 UTC, after satellite separation.
• SJ-6-03B remains in a 582 x 604 km orbit with no significant manuevers. The SJ-6-03's final stage rocket is in a 504 x 703 km orbit and an adapter is in an orbit just below the payloads at 580 x 604 km.