Seventh Ministry of Machine Building IndustryFeng Bao 1Launch Area 2B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
JSSW 3
Launched
August 30, 1976
Summary
JSSW 3 launched on a Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry Feng Bao 1 from Launch Area 2B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on August 30, 1976. It was Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry's 9th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 1,872nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Feng Bao 1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). JSSW 5, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 202 × 2,152 km orbit inclined 69.2°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Feng Bao 1 flight · 1st this yearSeventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry's 9th launch1st this yearhumanity's 1,872nd orbital launch attempt89th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
JSSW 5 · NORAD 9394 · 1976-087 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- JSSW-3
- Object ID
- 1976-087A
- Epoch
- 1976-08-30 23:51:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.2383337 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.1291614
- Inclination
- 69.1554°
- Ascending node
- 94.5874°
- Arg. of perigee
- 139.1189°
- Mean anomaly
- 231.4352°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- JSSW 5 · NORAD 9394 · re-entered November 25, 1978
FB-1 701-07 Stage 2 · re-entered February 4, 1978
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Experimental Chinese satellite
Pad
Launch Area 2B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
7th launch from Launch Area 2B, 1st this year · 9th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
26 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
258 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did JSSW 3 launch?
JSSW 3 launched on August 30, 1976. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch JSSW 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched JSSW 3?
Feng Bao 1, flown by Seventh Ministry of Machine Building Industry. Feng Bao 1 spec sheet
Where did JSSW 3 launch from?
Launch Area 2B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did JSSW 3 reach?
JSSW 5, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 202 × 2,152 km orbit inclined 69.2°.
How many satellites did JSSW 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).