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	98.939°
Eccentricity	0.00163
RA ascending node	15.848 hr
Argument perigee	21.190°
Mean anomaly	338.993°
Orbital period	102.627 min
Epoch of osculation	15 Sep 2025, 05:52

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	878.3 km
Mean Altitude	890.1 km
Peak Altitude	901.9 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