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SJ-11-01
Chinese Military Satellite (Assessed, Civilian Cover Name) · CASC / PLA
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Shijian-11-01 (SJ-11-01), the first satellite in a Shijian sub-series that Western analysts have assessed with unusual confidence as military reconnaissance or missile-warning related, despite China's standard 'technology experiment' framing — one of the more opaque corners of an already opaque program.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 420–431 mi (677–694 km)
- Inclination
- 98.0°
- One orbit
- 98.3 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 36088
- Int’l designator
- 2009-061A
- Launched
- 2009
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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