BanXing

SZ-7 subsat [CCTV]

BanXing is a small, 40 kg technlogy satellite to be deployed from the manned SZ 7 capsule.

After photographing SZ-7, it will move away to a distance about several kilometers, and will test constellation flight and station keeping technology with the orbital module over some months following the end of the SZ-7 mission.

Nation: China
Type / Application: Technology support
Operator:
Contractors:
Equipment:
Configuration: Cube
Propulsion:
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass: 40 kg
Orbit:
Satellite Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
BanXing 25.09.2008 Jq SLS-1 CZ-2F with SZ 7