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	97.668°
Eccentricity	0.00173
RA ascending node	7.791 hr
Argument perigee	265.783°
Mean anomaly	94.141°
Orbital period	97.041 min
Epoch of osculation	09 May 2026, 12:41

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	612.1 km
Mean Altitude	624.2 km
Peak Altitude	636.3 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