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	97.650°
Eccentricity	0.00360
RA ascending node	7.499 hr
Argument perigee	339.172°
Mean anomaly	20.802°
Orbital period	97.085 min
Epoch of osculation	01 May 2026, 12:29

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	601.1 km
Mean Altitude	626.3 km
Peak Altitude	651.5 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