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	98.953°
Eccentricity	0.00167
RA ascending node	22.162 hr
Argument perigee	109.317°
Mean anomaly	250.981°
Orbital period	102.625 min
Epoch of osculation	20 Dec 2025, 13:56

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	877.8 km
Mean Altitude	890.0 km
Peak Altitude	902.1 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