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SHIYAN-10 01 (SY-10 01)
Chinese Technology Demonstrator (Possible Cover Name) · CAST (China)
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Shiyan-10 01 (SY-10 01), part of China's Shiyan technology demonstration line — a designation that, across the program's history, has occasionally masked satellites whose true military capability China never fully disclosed alongside genuine civilian technology tests.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Highly Ellipticalswings far out, then dives back close to Earth
- Altitude
- 1,185–23,901 mi (1,906–38,464 km)
- Inclination
- 63.1°
- One orbit
- 12.0 hours2.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 49258
- Int’l designator
- 2021-087A
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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