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	33321
COSPAR ID	2008-041B
Alternative names	HJ-1B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	97.640°
Eccentricity	0.00382
RA ascending node	22.723 hr
Argument perigee	68.767°
Mean anomaly	291.761°
Orbital period	97.112 min
Epoch of osculation	14 Dec 2025, 22:46

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	600.8 km
Mean Altitude	627.5 km
Peak Altitude	654.2 km

Launched alongside

HUANJING 1A 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