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	97.669°
Eccentricity	0.00205
RA ascending node	11.957 hr
Argument perigee	54.707°
Mean anomaly	305.606°
Orbital period	97.032 min
Epoch of osculation	13 Jul 2026, 12:43

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	609.4 km
Mean Altitude	623.7 km
Peak Altitude	638.0 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