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	98.967°
Eccentricity	0.00152
RA ascending node	4.063 hr
Argument perigee	217.038°
Mean anomaly	142.974°
Orbital period	102.623 min
Epoch of osculation	20 Mar 2026, 11:57

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	878.9 km
Mean Altitude	889.9 km
Peak Altitude	900.9 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