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Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Nation: China. Photo surveillance; radio transmission.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 1,108 kg.
JSSW Chronology
18 September 1973
JSSW 1 Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Vehicle: FB-1. FAILURE: Failure.
14 July 1974
JSSW 2 Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Vehicle: FB-1. FAILURE: Failure.
26 July 1975
China 3 Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Vehicle: FB-1. Mass: 1,107 kg. Perigee: 190 km. Apogee: 455 km. Inclination: 69.0 deg. Photo surveillance; radio transmission.
16 December 1975
China 5 Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Vehicle: FB-1. Mass: 1,110 kg. Perigee: 186 km. Apogee: 387 km. Inclination: 69.0 deg. Photo surveillance; radio transmission.
30 August 1976
China 6 Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Vehicle: FB-1. Mass: 1,108 kg. Perigee: 195 km. Apogee: 2,145 km. Inclination: 69.2 deg.
10 November 1976
JSSW 6 Launch Site: Jiuquan . Launch Vehicle: FB-1. FAILURE: Failure.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
- 279 - McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html
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