Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 13

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通信技术试验卫星十三号

Technology DemonstrationHEOCOSPAR 2024-227ALaunched 12/3/2024

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: TJS 13
Launch Vehicle: Long March 3B G2
Launch Date: 12/3/2024

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: HEO
Altitude: 20,177.5 km
Inclination: 63.43 deg
Dry Mass: 2,500 kg
Total Mass: 4,000 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type

Technology Demonstration

Payload Category

TECH

Payload Class

D

Organizations

Operator: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC)
Manufacturer: Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2024-227A

Track

Mentions

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All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

China launched a new communication engineering test satellite on 2024-12-03 identified as communication technology experiment Satellite-13 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan-13, TJS-13).

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