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ON PROGRESS OF CHINESERECOVERABLE SATELLITES

Wang Xiji(Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing 100081 )   

  • Published:1995-10-25

Abstract: From 1975 to 1994 China has developed three types of recoverablesatellites, they are FSW-0, FSW-1 and FSW-2 satellites. China has launched 9 FSW-0, 5FSW-1 and 2 FSW-2 satellites. Among the 16 launched satellites, 15 of themwere successfully recovered. As the development works progressing, the satellitemass increases from FSW-0's 1790kg to FSW-2's 2760kg, and the operating lifetimeprolongs from FSW-1's 3days to FSW-2's 16 days. The the Chinese recoverable satellites are multifuction satellites