Launch Details

Launched	2 September 1990
Flight ended	–
Status	Non-operational
Launch site	Taiyuan Space Center, PRC
Owner	People's Republic of China
NORAD ID	20788
COSPAR ID	1990-081A
Alternative names	FY-1B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	98.938°
Eccentricity	0.00171
RA ascending node	15.059 hr
Argument perigee	53.761°
Mean anomaly	306.514°
Orbital period	102.627 min
Epoch of osculation	03 Sep 2025, 04:39

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	877.7 km
Mean Altitude	890.1 km
Peak Altitude	902.5 km

Launched alongside

QQW-1 QQW-2 CZ-4 R/B CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB CZ-4 DEB