Earth orbit
Xihe
Xihe is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the NJU program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Xihe is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the NJU program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2021-091; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 14 October 2021, 10:51 UTC
- Launch location
- Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 2D
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
Xihe
GCAT program: NJU.
- GCAT ID
- S49316
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai hangtian jishu yanjiuyuan
- Launch mass
- 500 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1 m diameter · 5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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