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	98.959°
Eccentricity	0.00157
RA ascending node	1.039 hr
Argument perigee	351.498°
Mean anomaly	8.591°
Orbital period	102.624 min
Epoch of osculation	02 Feb 2026, 10:25

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	878.5 km
Mean Altitude	889.9 km
Peak Altitude	901.4 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