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BX-2
BX-2 was launched on September 15, 2016 aboard a Chang Zheng 2F from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jul 15, 2019).
COSPAR 2016-057HNORAD 41834China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- BX-2
- Payload designation
- TG-2 bansui weixing
- International designator
- 2016-057H
- NORAD catalog number
- 41834
- GCAT identifier
- S41834
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/898
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Shenzhou SS
- Owner
- ZZHGB
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, SIMIT
Launch
- Date
- September 15, 2016 · 14:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-057Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 2F
- Spaceport
- Jiuquan · pad LC921
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 374 km
- Apogee
- 384 km
- Inclination
- 42.79°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- July 15, 2019
- Last known active
- December 2016
- End of operations
- December 2016
Size
- Mass
- 47 kg
- Dry mass
- 47 kg
- Length
- 0.4 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 0.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q113547968 (CC0).