Yaogan Weixing-9 subsat 1 (JB-8 1B)

China (PR)

Spacecraft nº:

Chinese spacecraft nº: 139

Remote Sensing Satellite-9 - Also called: Yaogan Weixing 9 (YW9)

Launch data:

Designation 36414 / 10009B
Launch date 05 Mar 2010 - 04:55 UT
Launch site Jiuquan, SLS-2
Launch vehicle  CZ-4C
Mission Government: Remote Sensing (Sigint?)
Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit on Mar 5.26:
Perigee / Apogee 1085 x 1100 km
Eccentricity 1.14E-03
Inclination 63.41 deg
Period 107.10 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
Platform  
Operator People's Liberation Army (C41)
Mass at launch   kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  
Dimension (m) 
Solar array  
Stabilization  
DC power  
Design lifetime  still active

Ref.: #7(JR625), #206, #226 - update: 16.03.10