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Shijian-8

Chinese recoverable satellite based on the FSW series
Vehicle research_satellite Q2278759

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
research satellite
Based on
Fanhui Shi Weixing-3[3]
Part of the series
Shijian[5]
Country of origin
People's Republic of China[7]
Funder
Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China[16]
Location of landing
Suining[13]
Manufacturer
China Association for Science and Technology[4]
Mass
+3000[15]
Operator
Xi'an Satellite Control Center[2]
P14541
1Bk9Uk[17]
Significant event
rocket launch, landing[11][12]
Space launch vehicle
Long March 2C[6]
Start point
Jiuquan Launch Complex 43/94[14]
Type of orbit
low Earth orbit[8]
UTC date of spacecraft landing
September 24, 2006[10]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
September 9, 2006[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shijian 8 en Shijian-8 en Shi Jian 8 en Shijian No. 8 en SJ-8 ru Шицзянь-8 zh “实践”8号卫星
🔖 Identifiers · 6
COSPAR ID
2006-035A
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
404755
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120y7xk5
NSSDCA ID
2006-035A
SCN
29385
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "29385"]

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🔗 Connections
Significant event 2
landing, rocket launch
Based on 1
Fanhui Shi Weixing-3
Country of origin 1
People's Republic of China
Funder 1
Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China
Instance of 1
research satellite
Location of landing 1
Suining
Manufacturer 1
China Association for Science and Technology
Operator 1
Xi'an Satellite Control Center
Part of the series 1
Shijian
Space launch vehicle 1
Long March 2C
Type of orbit 1
low Earth orbit
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Summary

Shijian-8 is a research satellite[1].

Related Entities

China Association for Science and Technology Fanhui Shi Weixing-3 Long March 2C People's Republic of China research satellite

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . gov.cn. gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . gov.cn. gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . gov.cn. gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . gov.cn. gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . gov.cn. gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    P14541 → 1Bk9Uk
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    UTC date of spacecraft landing → +2006-09-24T00:00:00Z
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