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TansatCarbonSat

Success CASC, Long March 2D

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Mission

Earth Science · LEO

Tansat is a global CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) monitoring scientific experiment satellite and demonstration mission. The main components of the project are: The global carbon dioxide monitoring platform. A high spectral and spatial resolution CO2 detector. A multispectral cloud and aerosol detector. And a…

What it put in orbit

Passes over you When will it cross your sky, and can you see it?

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
TANSAT 2016-081A Payload 679 × 707 km · 98.5° Globe
YIJIAN 2016-081B Payload 676 × 704 km · 98.5° Globe
SPARK 1 2016-081C Payload 678 × 709 km · 98.6° Globe
SPARK 2 2016-081D Payload 678 × 713 km · 98.6° Globe
CZ-2D R/B 2016-081E Rocket body re-entered 2020-03-21

COSPAR ID 2016-081. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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