Yaogan Weixing-9 subsat 2 (JB-8 1C)

China (PR)

Spacecraft nº:

Chinese spacecraft nº: 140

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

Launch data:

Designation 36415 / 10009C
Launch date 05 Mar 2010 - 04:55 UT
Launch site Jiuquan
Launch vehicle  CZ-4C
Mission Government: Remote Sensing (Sigint?)
Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit on Mar 5.33:
Perigee / Apogee 1081 x 1097 km
Eccentricity 0.001
Inclination 63.41 deg
Period 107.03 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: 15.05.10