Tuesday, June 3, 2014

SJ-16

 2013-057A


A new satellite was launched in Oct 2013 to a 75 degree inclination, new for Chinese missions. The similarity to the Russian Kondor orbit led to speculation that an imaging radar was carried.


SJ16 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2013 Oct 25  0350  Launch by CZ-4B  JQ 
 0352  T+2:36 St 1 sep 
 0352  St 2 burn 
 0353  T+3:30? Fairing sep 
 0356  T+6:48? Stage 2 MECO 
 0356  T+6:49? St 2 sep 
 0400?  T+10:22? Stage 3 burn 1  
 0402? T+12? Stage 3 MECO 
 0405?  SJ-16 sep 
   86.87 600 x 616 x 75.0 

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