In orbitPayload

OBJECT D

NORAD: 49024
COSPAR: 2021-062D

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Spacecraft

Built by: CALT
Owner: China Aerospace
Mass at launch: 1 kg
Dry mass: 1 kg
Length: 0.2 m
Diameter: 0.2 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.2 m

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S49024, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2021-07-04
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C
Flight: Feng Yun 3E
Mission name: FY-3E
Launch site: JQ, LC43/94
Launched by: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2021-062

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2021-062, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Payload
Owner code: PRC
Launch date: 2021-07-04
Period: 100.7 min
Inclination: 98.65°
Apogee: 797 km
Perigee: 789 km

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

Where it came from

Parent object: CZ-4C R/B (NORAD 49010)

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

Everything from this launch

Payload3 in total, 3 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Unknown object1 in total, 0 still in orbit