Science
SHIYAN-7 (SY-7)
Chinese Technology Demonstrator · CAST
Right now
LiveIt moves every second. See exactly where it is — worked out from its orbit, on your own device — on the live 3D globe.
- Over
- —
- Altitude
- —
- Speed
- —
Shiyan-7 (SY-7), part of China's Shiyan ('Experiment') technology demonstration series, launched in 2013 to test satellite bus and sensor technologies feeding into later operational Chinese satellite designs.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 405–412 mi (652–663 km)
- Inclination
- 98.1°
- One orbit
- 97.7 minutes14.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39208
- Int’l designator
- 2013-037A
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
More science
- SHIYAN-9 (SY-9)Chinese Technology Demonstrator (Unusual Low-Inclination Orbit)
- SHUNTIANChinese Commercial Earth Observation Satellite
- SINOD-D 1German University CubeSat
- SINOD-D 3German University CubeSat
- SIRION PATHFINDER-2Commercial Technology Demonstrator
- SIT-2086Remote sensing / IoT technology demonstration