Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Satellite Yaogan 5 (Remote Sensing Satellite 5, JB 5-C, Jian Bing 5-C) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
China (PR) |
Operator/Owner |
People´s Liberation Army (C41) |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Remote Sensing |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
440 |
Apogee (km) |
450 |
Eccentricity |
0.000733675715333822 |
Inclination (degrees) |
97.2 |
Period (minutes) |
93.5 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2700 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
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Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
15-12-2008 |
Expected Lifetime |
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Contractor |
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. |
Country of Contractor |
China (PR) |
Launch Site |
Taiyuan Launch Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Long March 4B |
COSPAR Number |
2008-064A |
NORAD Number |
33456 |
Comments |
Data collection and transmission involving land resources surveys, environmental surveillance and protection, urban planning, crop yield estimates, disaster prevention and reduction, and space science experiments. |