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PRC 3
PRC 3 was launched on July 26, 1975 aboard a Feng Bao 1 from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 14, 1975).
COSPAR 1975-070ANORAD 8053China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- JSSW 3
- Common name
- PRC 3
- Payload designation
- Jishu Shiyan Weixing 3
- International designator
- 1975-070A
- NORAD catalog number
- 8053
- GCAT identifier
- S08053
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- JSSW
- Owner
- 7 Jixie Gon.bu
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- JSSW
Launch
- Date
- July 26, 1975 · 13:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1975-070Success
- Rocket
- Feng Bao 1
- Spaceport
- Jiuquan · pad LA2B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 184 km
- Apogee
- 452 km
- Inclination
- 69.01°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 14, 1975
- Last known active
- September 1975
- End of operations
- September 1975
Size
- Mass
- 1,107 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,107 kg
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 2.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16321223 (CC0).