Mystery satellite nr 1 revealed
This is a new feature of my
Website. I will at irregular intervals post pictures of rare satellites
to test your knowledge of the space age! The first mystery satellite is
shown below. Several persons tried to guess its identity, only one got
it right:
The correct answer is:
The SJ-2B satellite launched
on 19 September 1981 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi
desert by an FB-1 rocket. The satellite weighed 283 kg and carried two
radio beacons on 40.5 MHz and 162.0 MHz.The SJ-2A satellite was probably
carried inside the shell of SJ-2B.
Expert satellite spotter was:
Other suggestions concerning the identity
of the satellite:
-
A Discoverer with the capsule
off the top.
-
FOBS (Fractional Orbit Bombardment
System).
-
OFO/RM (Orbiting Frog Otholith)
-
Chinese recoverable satellite
or US early Biosatellite
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