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RE: Shijian XI-01 Satellite

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A "Long march II C" carrier rocket successfully launched the Shijian XI-01 Satellite at 10:45 on the 12th November, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.

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The satellite "Shijian XI-01" is carried by a China-developed Long March 2C rocket. China's Shijian, or "Practice", series of satellites are designed for scientific research and technological experiments. This is the 119th satellite flight in this series.
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Credit Xinhua

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Period:      99.42
Inclination: 98.34
Apogee:    89
Perigee:     672

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It is suspected that a Long March 2C rocket with the Shijian XI-01 satellite was successfully launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern Gansu Province on the 12 November, 2009.

TLE Data

UNKNOWN
1 36088U 09061A   09316.36584842  .00000422  00000-0  10000-3 0    27
2 36088 098.2832 007.0382 0009941 276.5706 083.7099 14.58923273    27

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China will launch a scientific research satellite into space in the near future from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern Gansu Province, a spokesman with the centre said Wednesday.
The satellite, "Shijian XI-01," would be carried by a China-developed Long March 2C rocket, he said.

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