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	97.675°
Eccentricity	0.00173
RA ascending node	14.893 hr
Argument perigee	261.760°
Mean anomaly	98.165°
Orbital period	97.026 min
Epoch of osculation	28 Aug 2026, 07:26

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	611.4 km
Mean Altitude	623.4 km
Peak Altitude	635.5 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