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SHIYAN-23 (SY-23)
Chinese Technology Demonstrator (Possible Cover Name) · CAST (China)
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Shiyan-23 (SY-23), continuing China's long-running Shiyan technology demonstration series, launched to test new satellite bus and sensor systems ahead of future operational Chinese satellite generations — a designation that, across the program's history, has occasionally masked satellites whose true military capability China never fully disclosed.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 378–381 mi (609–613 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 96.8 minutes14.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59728
- Int’l designator
- 2024-089A
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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