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PRC 6
PRC 6 was launched on August 30, 1976 aboard a Feng Bao 1 from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 25, 1978).
COSPAR 1976-087ANORAD 9394China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- JSSW 5
- Common name
- PRC 6
- Payload designation
- Jishu Shiyan Weixing 5
- International designator
- 1976-087A
- NORAD catalog number
- 9394
- GCAT identifier
- S09394
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
- August 30, 1976 · 11:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-087Success
- Rocket
- Feng Bao 1
- Spaceport
- Jiuquan · pad LA2B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 198 km
- Apogee
- 2,114 km
- Inclination
- 69.15°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 25, 1978
- Last known active
- 1976
- End of operations
- 1976
Size
- Mass
- 1,108 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,108 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 Q16322489 (CC0).