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SHIYAN-5 (SY-5)
Chinese Technology Demonstrator · CAST
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Shiyan-5 (SY-5), continuing China's Shiyan technology demonstration program, launched in 2013 to validate new satellite bus and payload systems.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 460–473 mi (740–761 km)
- Inclination
- 98.1°
- One orbit
- 99.7 minutes14.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39455
- Int’l designator
- 2013-068A
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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