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	97.655°
Eccentricity	0.00193
RA ascending node	23.074 hr
Argument perigee	357.621°
Mean anomaly	2.491°
Orbital period	97.072 min
Epoch of osculation	24 Dec 2025, 07:09

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	612.1 km
Mean Altitude	625.7 km
Peak Altitude	639.2 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