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	97.656°
Eccentricity	0.00366
RA ascending node	14.016 hr
Argument perigee	4.431°
Mean anomaly	355.722°
Orbital period	97.073 min
Epoch of osculation	11 Aug 2026, 12:23

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	600.1 km
Mean Altitude	625.7 km
Peak Altitude	651.3 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