Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Yaogan 8

 2009-072A


YG-8 was built by the Aerospace Shanghai Technical Institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The optical imaging payload was from the Changchun Light Tech Institute.

The XW-1 satellite was carried as a piggyback payload.

Mass 1040 kg, box + 2 panels

Zhongguo yaogan weixing ba hao Launch by changzheng sihao bing.

In May 2015 the perigee was raised by 4 km. This may have been a retirement manuever.


YW8 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2009 Dec 15  0231:05  Launch by CZ-4C  TY 
 0233  T+2:32? St 1 sep 
 0233  St 2 burn 
 0234  T+2:47? Fairing sep 
 0237  T+6:48? Stage 2 MECO 
 0237  T+6:49? St 2 sep 
  Stage 3 burn 1  
 0242? Stage 3 MECO 
 0252?  Stage 3 sep 
  109.39 1192 x 1204 x 100.5 
2010 Jan 1    109.39 1193 x 1203 x 100.5 
2014 Jun 12    109.38 1193 x 1203 x 100.3 
2015 May 16    109.37 1191 x 1204 x 100.2 
2015 May 21   Orbit raise  109.43 1195 x 1205 x 100.2 

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