Yijian ? (CX 6-02)

Yijian ? [Shanghai Small Satellite Center]

Yijian (name not confirmed) or HR Microsat is Chinese high resolution earth observing minisatellite.

The spacecraft was built and is operated by the China Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Small Satellite Center on the WN5000 bus.

Yijian was launched together with Spark 01 and 02 were launched as secondary payload with TanSat in December 2016 on a CZ-2D (2) rocket.

Nation: China
Type / Application: Earth observation
Operator: China Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Small Satellite Center
Contractors: China Academy of Sciences' Shanghai Small Satellite Center
Equipment: Hyperspectral imager
Configuration: WN5000 bus
Propulsion: ?
Power: 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass: 66 kg
Orbit: 700 km × 700 km, 98.2
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
Yijian ? (CX 6-02, HR Microsat) 2016-081B 21.12.2016 Jq LC-43/94 CZ-2D (2) with TanSat, Spark 01, Spark 02

Launch Sites:

  • Jq =   Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia, China   China

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