In orbitDebris

CZ-4 DEB

NORAD: 20798
COSPAR: 1990-081H

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Spacecraft

Owner: Ministry of Aerospace Industry
Mass at launch: 1 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 1 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 0.4 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.4 m
Shape: Disk

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S20798, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1990-09-03
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4
Flight: Feng Yun 1
Mission name: feng yun yi yi
Launch site: TYSC, LC7
Launched by: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1990-081

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1990-081, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: PRC
Launch date: 1990-09-03
Period: 101.2 min
Inclination: 98.78°
Apogee: 823 km
Perigee: 812 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0881 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: CZ-4 DEB (NORAD 20793)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris106 in total, 69 still in orbit
Payload3 in total, 1 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit