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PRC 5
PRC 5 was launched on December 16, 1975 aboard a Feng Bao 1 from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 27, 1976).
COSPAR 1975-119ANORAD 8488China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- JSSW 4
- Common name
- PRC 5
- Payload designation
- Jishu Shiyan Weixing 4
- International designator
- 1975-119A
- NORAD catalog number
- 8488
- GCAT identifier
- S08488
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
- December 16, 1975 · 09:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 1975-119Success
- Rocket
- Feng Bao 1
- Spaceport
- Jiuquan · pad LA2B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 187 km
- Apogee
- 380 km
- Inclination
- 69.00°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- January 27, 1976
- Last known active
- January 1976
- End of operations
- January 1976
Size
- Mass
- 1,109 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,109 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 Q16322488 (CC0).