Dong Fang Hong 37

Also called Jianbing 93 or FSW 1-5

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General

Designation	22859 / 93063A (or 22870 / 93063H)
Launch date	8 Oct 1993 at 08:00 UT
Country of origin	China
Mission	Remote sensing (FSW)
Perigee/Apogee	177/2629 km
Inclination	56.5°
Period	113.9 min
Launch vehicle	Long March 2C

Contained a Mao's medallion of 28 g made of 44 South-African diamants that should have been sold by auction at its return on earth by Zhonyu company.

The reentry vehicle fired its deorbit motor successfully but, alas, in the wrong direction; the capsule ended up in a 187 x 3016 km orbit, starting from a low 196 x 251 km orbit.

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End of life

Decay

12 Mar 1996

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External resources

sat-index articles

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