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	0.00348
RA ascending node	8.520 hr
Argument perigee	285.253°
Mean anomaly	74.483°
Orbital period	97.084 min
Epoch of osculation	17 May 2026, 12:12

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	601.8 km
Mean Altitude	626.2 km
Peak Altitude	650.6 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