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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
15:18:00
Thursday January 5, 2017
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TJS 2 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan) is a Chinese geostationary satellite. The satellite was built by SAST. According to public announcements, the satellite will be mainly used to conduct a test on high-speed/multi-frequency wide-band data transfer communication. The lack of public information has led to the suspicion that this satellite has a military mission. The published image of the satellite does not fit a communications satellite. It has been speculated, that it might be in fact a military Huoyan-1 early warning satellite.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,700 kilograms
Agency
CASCPrice
$29.15 million
Rocket
Height: 56.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 11,500 kg
GTO: 5,550 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,986 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 9.56m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
91st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2017
1st
Orbital launch attempt