[FPSPACE] Chang'e parking orbit -- near-standard GTO

Jim Oberg jeoberg at comcast.net
Wed Oct 24 09:11:35 EDT 2007


This appears to be a standard GEO transfer orbit with a slightly elevated apogee. Inclination probably also standard, maybe 26 degrees. 

"Chang'e-1 separated from carrier rocket at 6:29 p.m. and entered into a 16-hour orbit at 205 kilometers perigee and 50,930 kilometers apogee, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC)."


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