Launch Details

Launched	5 September 2008
Flight ended	–
Status	Operational
Categories	Earth Resources Disaster Monitoring Active satellites
Launch site	Taiyuan Space Center, PRC
Owner	People's Republic of China
NORAD ID	33320
COSPAR ID	2008-041A
Alternative names	HJ-1A
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	97.666°
Eccentricity	0.00190
RA ascending node	6.189 hr
Argument perigee	352.745°
Mean anomaly	7.349°
Orbital period	97.045 min
Epoch of osculation	14 Apr 2026, 12:16

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	611.1 km
Mean Altitude	624.4 km
Peak Altitude	637.6 km

Launched alongside

HUANJING 1B CZ-2C R/B CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB