Tiange Feixingqi 1 & 2

China

Int. spacecraft nº:

Chinese spacecraft nº: 299 & 300

Launch data:

Designation	16042L-M
Launch date - time	25 June 2016 - 12:00 UT
Launch site	Wenchang, LC201
Launch vehicle	CZ-7/YZ1
Mission	Technology

Earth orbit:
Type	Tiange Feixingqi 1	Tiange Feixingqi 2
NORAD nº	41636 / 16042L	41637 / 16042M
Perigee / Apogee	277 x 289 km	277 x 287 km
Eccentricity
Inclination	40.8 °	40.8 °
Period	min	min
Decay	27 Aug 2016 (.5)	24 Aug 2016 (.66)

First launch Rocket
Launched together with: DFFC - Aoxiang Zhixing - Ao long 1 - YZ-1A R/B

Spacecraft data:

Prime manufacturer
Platform
Operator
Mass at launch	kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array	Solar cells
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power

Description:

The likely purpose is the demonstration of intersatellite communication links.

Mission details:

Deployement see: DFFC
Tiange feixingqi 1 and 2, are a pair of satellites testing data relay to each other, perhaps similar to NASA's recently-launched Nodes 1 and 2

Ref.: #3(SD524,526), #7(JR727), #14, #228 - update: 04.03.17